twelve days in july and i carry tokens of each of them in the pocket of my filthy jeans each has a face each has a story and its own trail of rages or tears
she danced alone in the room of the redhouse bodega a spanish tune twisting slowly from the player its sound thin but the song robust spinning spinning round and round she was shadow and light flashes of rich color in her best dress and boots of leather hear them still hitting the hardpack floor like thunder she was a goddess that night she was the worlds that night let her stay there forever in the limelight happy in the moment
he waited dressed in his finest clothes pressed and neat from head to toe with a single rose in the moonlight a mile down from the redhouse in his heart he sings that song to her in his heart he holds her in his arms theres nothing that will stop us he says theres nothing that will ever stand in our way and his heart dances thru all the days with her that he will love her that they will share there in the moonlight a mile down from the redhouse singing a song in his heart for her let him abide there forever happy in the moment
i see dawn sneaking in the window pull the blanket from my shoulder shake off the chill cough the sickhouse regret and feel my lungs fill withΒ Β slow death twelve days in july but i keep dreamin of one night in febuary a shopping cart and smiles hope i could use some all the places i could have ended did not see this one alone in an empty broken room an empty broken man dont leave me here alone in this moment
she lay in the grass public park just before dawn looking up at the stars fade holding a small budda rubbing the belly smile on her face but thoughts run deep and swift with one finger she traces the edges of clouds in her heart she paints masterpieces she illustrates the world with a carefree hand and is loved by all who behold in her heart the last sliver of moonlight is hers alone on the road from the redhouse an ambulance ride to saving a quick journey to hope on the road from the redhouse she just wants to stay here where its safe where nothing dangerous can get at her in this moment of moonlight happiness
twelve days in july seem like years to me where am i bound will i make it i just want that night shopping carts and smiles hope just a glimmer of hope
intent on the time know it travels close at hand it reduces all my empires to brittle shards i worry the clock with glances rubbing it worn edge with my eyes all hangs in the balance of its small noise motions tick tick tick