im a shell of a lighter baby
not used for the flame but for the pretty picture on the side
im a scaled down turnaround mama
watch me do it again
im a defiant defect sister
you dont know the metaphor youre messing with

be my sidekick confidante
match my song and dance
pray for bread and butter
they never had a chance

entranced by all the little lines
anything for some piece of mind

im a knowitall grassfire honey
turned around by the wind
im an everloving choo choo train
believing the things you say
im a lost and broken soul sweetheart
give me tape or give me death

i cant keep up with what i should have done yesterday.
there is no gold at the end of the rainbow.
just the tomorrow youve been waiting for.
im lazy and tired and broke and sad.
i should have fixed that yesterday
but tomorrow. i promise
i will eat better, excersise more
i will get to sleep before 11
i will save my money and stop buying things i dont need
i will quit smoking
i will give back to everybody who has given to me
i will let go of things i cant hold on to
i will be patient and kind
i will be happy with what i have
i will do everything i need to do
everything i should do, want to do, hope to do
tomorrow

tomorrow i will live like nothing is holding me down
i will forget old hurts and forgive the new ones
i will show the people i love that i really do love them
i will quit making the same mistakes
tomorrow
its too tough to do today
im too lazy and broke and tired and sad to do it
i should have fixed it yesterday
but ill wait till tomorrow

little kitty pull on the string
take the bait and watch it swing
its not much to you
but to me its everything

the time of day the world gets hazy
the lights go out we all go crazy
its real hard work
and no ones lazy

sitting on your pins and needles
****** and punks begin to wheedle
its the lighting the way they talk
the way they crunch those little beetles

echos in a crowded head
slimy snails and the undead
come out of hiding and start to dance
seething lies and love and cheap romance

i forget everything but the unimportant

its a relative idea
without positive thought
a compulsive brain wave
makes me think what i ought

its the cloudless sky
without a bird in sight
a vast blue plain
has me dreaming of flight

its the long sharp note
beginning a melody
the opening line
gets me nodding along

its the look you have
subtle yet indiscreet
the view from here
and im running in the street

its the things we hear
see and think weve seen
its the ways we feel
touch and interpret

its your mind like mine
but totally different

hey little holy man
not so little holes, man
it seems we've come to terms that
i'm your biggest sinner

once upon a time son
not so long ago son
i began to learn that
at birth we are rotting

it seems i have heard them
far off, though encouraged them
spoke once and imagined it
spoke twice and interred it

its the price you pay babe
screaming to the world babe
one day death will own you
nothing you can pay'll do

make it heard and make it known
we will reap what we have sown
call it karma, call it life
tell your truth, life with your strife

one more year, one more day, one more minute

mad dog world
everyones got their teeth in nice and proper
stuck in the same cage, its no wonder
ive got as many fleas as anyone else
move your tail before its removed for you


stray dog blues
getting anything but the right clues
theres nothing wrong
cept the feeling i gotta move

still begging for handouts
greedy for some love
not wanting for all my needs
yet anxious to bite the hand that feeds

mangy mongrel mutt
just sitting on my ****
waiting for the moon
that i can howl down

i want to get it out
to spill my thoughts onto the pavement
watch the traffic tires splash my minds mess

i want to crack open my craziness
and watch the birds peck at it
fly away with the pieces

i want to cut away my memories
drown them in the river
let the current carry them down

i want to be good
be fine
be happy
be well

all i want is to be a better version of me