Poked

I poked my eye with my finger

Lying on the bed

Now I'm sneezing and I'm blowing

And I can't clear my head

Is the pressure in the air from an August storm thats rumbling?

I try not to care about it now

Your pressure's down, anyway 

All alone I know I give in to chances

Hold out yourself

Your mental health

Your surreal circumstances

I try to keep it separate

A built in third eye effacing every line

I got a built in bad feeling that doesnt go away with time

Lined up in a row

Shadowless figurines

come up from below

What they figure I figure I dont want to know 

There are two of us

What I am what I was

To be seen and not to be mistakenly taken serious

Well there are two of us

What I am what I was

At the end of the millennium

We'll soon be replaced by replicas

All lined up in a row

Shadowlesss figurines come up from below

What they figure for me I dont want to know

Leave the light on as you go

Leave the...

Cold Snap

Someone always leaves that light on

I have dreams that little boys burn the house

They set afire the ivy in the window pane

Up from the ground

Fired drill unskilled

Their uniformed

Wall paper's warm

Wall paper's warn

Hes gone up

Hes gone up

Hes gone up to lie down

I stay and I wait and I go quietly

And watch the minute hand

How could it be stolen from you?

Cold snap

Dental freeze

I hope you werent offended

What I said about the mausoleum

And we live rent free on loyalist land

Better crank the heat

Fire drills unskilled

They're uniformed

Wall paper's warm

Wall paper's warm

He's gone up

He's gone up

He's gone up to lie down

I stay and I wait at the end of the stairs

And watch the minute hand how it be stolen from you?

Cold snap

Frigid air

Watch the minute hand how could it be standing?

A little birdie's caught in a deep thought

I don't wanna seem unkeen

You seem unkeen

You seem unkeen

You seem unkeen

Pushover

I am so light I get swept up

Onto the dust pan with dust

And when it comes to her

I am a pushover

Getting in the way

You're getting in the way

Getting in the way

You're getting in

Getting in the way

Unlikely that you'd stay (?)

What could you collect that you couldnt find?

Like a blank cheque already signed

When you woo and you coo like a surrogate mom

Your real life statement

How come youre getting in the way?

You're getting in the way

Getting in the way

You're getting in

Getting in the way

Unlikely that you'd stay

And the root of all is thought

Sat in the sun in the van in the park and fly

Oh what a loss

Oh what a find

Driving around looking for an airplane on a sign

I am so light I get swept up

Onto the dust pan with dust

And when it comes to her

I am a pushover

Getting in the way

You're getting in the way

Getting in the way

You're getting in

Getting in the way

Unlikely that you'd stay (?)

Unlikley that you've any other time (?)

Any other time

Any other time

U.F.O Rosie

A white buffalo you say

And paper to roll with the prophecy way

When the snakes criss-cross like roads over land

Get an aerial view of arable land

They saw a U.F.O in the valley

There's an alien in the street

We slept in the trailer in January's heat

A neighbour named Rosie

Pockets full supposedly 

He was awakened from the sleep

And it stayed warm under the sheet

Bathed in 20 full minutes of afterglow

Touched down in the snap and the crackle of snow

They saw a U.F.O in the valley

There's an alien in the street

We slept in the trailer in January's heat

A neighbour named Rosie

Pockets full supposedly 

And you looked high

And you looked stunned

Saying "Why aren't I?

Why aren't I one?"

They saw a U.F.O in the valley

Theres an alien in the street

We slept in the trailer in January's heat

A neighbour named Rosie

Pockets full supposedly 

Good Fortune

You walked away away from us

Pulling weeds in the later afternoon sun

Off somewhere alone to take one last look at a life you had begun

And I set off my boots on gravel

Potholed lane just tagging on

Looked both ways down the fire road

To see which way you had gone

Been sipping tea all day from a pot

Steeping slowly on the stove

Explored a cave into the bay

Along Canadian shield coast

Moss covered crevices line the inside of my brain

I got lost in the overgrowth

You dont notice time and it gets late

I thank my lucky starts tonight that you are here

Your eyes so blue so bright

Good fortune's found me out

Up in Parry Sound I lie

Waiting in sleep until the night goes by 

The high was on

You're in mind

Getting ready for something to be something after all this time

And now Im leaning back against your warm coat

Under a setting galaxy

Orions belt with all I felt

It was a wonder I could see

There in that clearing where the treelines shadows

Impose on the blacker sky

I opened my hand for the first time

I thank my lucky stars tonight that you are here

Your eyes so blue so bright

Good fortunes found me out 

Up in Parry Sound I lie

Waiting in sleep until the night goes by

Until the night goes by

In The Road

She calls early in the morning about money that I might have spent

It's a classic case of I dont know where it went

I want this to read like a letter

And I want it to ring like a phrase

Somewhere out in the road as the sky's last light burns away

You call I write I may answer

I many never send anything

Youll leave and you'll go

It's alright if we dont remember

Did I say I'd stay

What if I was wrong?

I'll be out in the road before you know that Ive gone

I'll be out in the road before you know that I've gone

And I'm tired of reflection and warning

Keeping myself at the centre of it all

We lie out of boredom

Just to stall the inevitable

You're waking in bed

I light a candle you said

You were leaving before the sun

And what does it mean to mean something and never get anything done?

I lie in wait for the better part of the day

To be out in the road as the skys last light burns away

To be out in the road as the sky's last light burns away

To be out in the road as the sky's last light burns away

The Grin

Hark now hear a man is calling

Looking for a story line

Go along just for the effort

I went along just for a good time

It doesnt look like it would kill you

But it doesnt really thrill you

It looked candid

But he planned it 

Im the shortest line to the upper crust

Im the only lying one to trust

Whats the message for the wreckers, pleeeeaaase?

It doesnt seem like it will make you that much closer to a breakthrough

It is splendid

It is opportunity misrepresented

You with the flashlight under your chin

You may were the pants, but I...the grin

Hark now here a man is calling

Looking for a storyline

I went along just for the effort

I went along just for a good time

It didnt look like he would bend it

When I decided to lend it out

Was it candid?

Did he plan it? 

And you with the flashlight under your chin

You may wear the pants, but I...the grin

The grin

Everybody thinks it's a holiday

Everybody thinks it's a holiday

Everybody thinks it's a holiday

Everybody thinks it's a holiday

1st Lady

Major merger

Going down

Straight from the word 

Democracy rides

With the top down

Isnt that what I heard?

Joint Acct

On the boulevard

He walks alone

Dressed sharp but hardly known

Toward the citadel

Thats where hes bound

To get passed around like a joint acc't

And you see the car

Make another round

And the inside light comes on later on 

It's the hardest hour

To stay awake

Lonely stars and barred outpatients

And as every bill starts to look alike

You get passed around like a joint that needs a light 

And you see the car

Make another round

Then the inside light comes on later on

And you count the cash in the ? flash

Tighten your keys in the hand

You're not alone

For reasons you can't understand

For reasons unknown 

As morning comes he does what every night boy does

Deeply inhales a cab

Catches a buzz

Dolores Haze

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

The High Way

Bound so close, so painful to watch

Its wet and I cant get a draw

Its weird out here on the highway at 4 a.m

Theres finally a lull that wakes us up

The path gets worn by the third treeline

At the back of the land (?)

I get a bucket and a lie

All ready for a guy who plows the land

And refreshments for imaginary friends

That are so clear and safe back here

Undisguised

Wide open down the lining of the lane

I've already got an indication

The information is not the same

The paper lies I cover my eyes

I've lost the nerve for planning

I find it hard to think sometimes

To get excited about an excitable thing

Is harder than you'd think

And the path gets worn by the third treeline

Oh what a beautiful stand

I get a bucket a lie all ready for a guy

That I dont think will understand

Refreshments for imaginary friends

That are so clear and safe back here

Undisguised

Wide open down the lining of the lane

I've already got an indication

The information is not the same

I couldve gone around the corner on my bike to rent a movie but I didnt

I couldve gone down to the water when I felt the rumble inside

Cement ship goes by

Inside

Handkerchiefs and Napkins

Here in the trees the rain has stopped coming down

So easily distracted

How lucky are we to have these wet seasons

Sew handkerchiefs and napkins

Everyones home now the tired ones are hiding out

To catch up on their sleep

And time here alone seems to come where your stoned

Theres a door to close and a thought to keep

Here in the trees in the off chance we leave while the road in

Is getting washed out

In the spaces well leave it alone 

Here in the trees the rain has stopped coming down

So easily distracted

How lucky are we to have these wet seasons

Sew handkerchiefs and napkins