i live in a dollhouse
on your fifth avenue
the red velvet sky
dances under your blue wind
and i hear your cries
singing sweet jesus
i'll wrap you up under my wings tonite

i found your face in my magazine last nite
if i pull your black match from its book
can i keep it under my pillow
for good luck

where are you headed?
you should be coming to my dollhouse this evening
i live on the third floor
next to mother theresa's twin money making sister
wake me up when you get here

all i ever wanted
was you to tell me i'm the one
who speaks the words you need to hear
its all so trivial
and i feel so useless

all i ever needed
was you to be my purple sunflower
in the green blacktop sky
on my yellow cloud nine
thats where you can take me tonite

i live in a race car
on your new york avenue
in your orange painted sky
i will remain
this is so insane
with your blue tutu
and my pink dancing shoes
i will walk the mediochre way
you should come to my place tonite
i live on the third floor
next to mcguires baseball bat
wake me up today

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i woke up on an island
in the middle of the south pacific
with the black maroon sky
staring back at me
walked away without a scratch on my mind
and a vulture orbiting on my back
cant i get home today
cant find my boat this time
all i wanted was a little time to disappear
i never wanted to get away this far

1972
woke up in a blue cadillac
and a poodle skirt
with suede shoes and a jar of alfalfa
the ghost rabbit ate the backstreet grass
tears on the hand of a little girl
secrets told and untold
wake me when we get there
i'll take a nap in your gray dockers
silver shoestrings
green backpacks
marble sunsets

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if i could wipe the sun away
i think i just might
turn it into a full moon
orange and shady

i've been waiting for a longer day
and a karate smile
to wash away the blue sorrows
that walk the short road
on my pretty path
i gotta get away
but i'm stuck in the middle of last week
i've been around your block a couple times
twist me
break me
this is what you enjoy now i know
i've been here just way too long

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je voudrais
i speak in simple french
trivial pleasures
lost measures
take my time
break your mind
your so meaningless to me

je voudrais
take your time
ungodly feathers
purple tethers
take my time
walk that long line
your words are so meaningless tonite

je voudrais
take our time
missionary mothers
painful fathers
forgetfull soldiers
lost in my own totem pole
take the time
to speak in rhymes
youre always meaningless in my heart

May 2008