blue raincoat
you called me up
on the tele
phone
i said baby i aint here
leave a message after
the tone

i wonder
what your doing out there
in this black detroit sky
on the coast of my survival
in my blue raincoat

steady my hands
as it comes
i cant stop shaking
lately
it all seems
to destroy my
image of myself
whats it mean
if i am made of
you and
you are made
of darker meat
than i am use to tasting
chocolate on my fingers
tasting good
youre part of me now
steady your hands
as i come
oblivion in your mouth
raindrops on my blue raincoat

***************

another round
if i said tonite
would you tell me the same
if i said i saw an ordinary man
in your eyes would you push me away
buy me another round
youre so beautiful
you can own me now

like dreams
the animal in you seems
to be perfectly perfect
impossible to pass
the ride is so smooth
i think i lost my way on that horizon
yesterday i was asleep
today you woke me up

you know what i want
let me take a drink of you
i bet you taste like strawberry wine
in your white trash suburbanite home
and your blue collar
under the wing west side story
i bet you think i think youre what you seem
if you think i cant see past your hardcore jealousy
then you must think i got lost in your
delieverance of my bugle
that i left last nite in your back pocket

boy youre so beautiful
buy me another round
and let me own you now
before king jupiter gets his hands on you

***************

down
i live in a simple grey hotel
just corners away from your backyard
i drink myself dry
and i see why
i can never stay away too long

open your door my love
give me my oblivion
while i walk down your oceanside
waiting for the tide
in the middle of july

down
down
down
is where i think i’ll go
down
down
down
wont you come with me
and keep me away from what i wanna see

wrap me up in a month of blue
and wash away my green desires
and the pink tears that talk to me all nite
if i tell you i’ve been alive for just a year
will you wake the dead man sleeping in my car
i cant get too far
with him there too

***************

refreshment
and if i tell you that i am coming
would you pick up your pieces
and be ready
for my arrival on the next
aeroplane?
with my rhinestones and my headphones
i will come a walking in your direction
i just thought it would be nice to do some checking

and this is the refreshment that i needed
this is the dessert i thought i could be eating
i just wish that you tasted more like chocolate
and not the sweet vanilla that is on my tongue
but its alright cause you're the one i love

if i met you in a hotel social elite club
and danced all nite in the pub on western avenue
would it all be the same as it is today?
if i hadnt watched you breathe
would you even know my name tonite?
i dont see how
and i sure as hell dont see why
it could all be the same
as it is on this nite

but you're always the refreshment that i need
and you're always the cake that i like to eat
cause the frosting tastes better if i lick it slowly
dipping out the cream
in between
even if its vanilla on my tongue
cause baby you know you're the one i love

if i eat your reflection and wash it down with milk
will i be a better girl in the morning?
wont you love me more?
wipe away the cookie crumbs
wash away the fingerprints
i wasnt there tonite
and you werent in my head.
cause i wasnt in your bed

you got me confused
with a confrazzled little whore
that i am most certainly not anymore

but you can break me open wide
and you can eat out all my insides
as long as you let me do the same
cause you're the refreshment that i need

May 2008