WE HAS IT

I'm a magic French clown
doing the pelvic thrust in the road
freaks ahead! slow down! slow down!
that hat has bones!

skipping up the side lines
and you laugh at me
and tap the stop watch
and I LAUNCH.

zoom zoom vroooooooom!
(boom boom boom boom)
our blue room and paper chains
get high like planes
this is it, this is it, this is IT.

courtship

they smile at each other
she holds her cell phone, her chapstick
wishes she was holding his hand
i know those tricks.
i've used and abused them.

he laughs (guffaws) and she giggles,
runs her hand through her hair.
i remember being there.

a split second and they notice in the other's eyes
a happy surprise
but for fear, and lies, there are alibis
and it won't happen this afternoon.
darling, i remember you.

bulimia

dying to please
trying to leave leaves
falling to cement floor tiles in the breeze
i know not seems.
- study disorder and chaos
don't wander off, recognize loss
and gain, it's pain
but i entreat you, dear, hear me clear
and wait
it's not too late.
it's never too late.
so breathe.

work

she lights one up before she starts her day
he kicks 'em out before he has to pay
she's got crying kids and bruises

i'm just running myself ragged
doing my job
and i'm a good kid
and i'm happy.

maybe the key is, finish
school before you have kids
and bruises.

discotheque

dripping, dancing, dirty, wet
the lights aren't on; it ain't over yet
broken glass and twisted bones
violence skips and children moan

wander the hallways
take what you can
give him the best of you
make him a man

that's the last one i'll get.
it's over - i'm wet
it's raining and i'm crazy and baby, baby,
boom boom boom boom

shoot 'em up, prance around.
it's not over; don't hit the ground.
we ain't stopping, the guns are popping
boom boom boom boom

all i wanna do is -

sugarland

choose the shade over me - genevieve
letters are burning
and ceiling fans turning
don't run from the sun, baby please
i just don't know what you mean.

that look, i didn't want to leave
such moments are precious,
as rare as they seem and we're all running
stunning
walking on air.
we're giants,
defiant
and earning the stares.