our friends on the front porch telling jokes and they swing swiftly towards happier times



expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and getting distance from that front porch spotlight





but us we found peace in shadows long enough to see the monsters rise





candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams living high on yesterday's lie



talking to me about some 0% interest and how she got a better deal than the next guy







and the way the lightning shocked us when we were lost and looking down that long missouri highway your hair was longer then and now I remember







oh the roads unencumbered by cats they're burning like wet matches thru my miracle mile mind



you left your thumbprint inside me now for months it seems but mine only brushes your soft surface





and somehow it leaves me listless, my tongue curls under my lips oh yes





so I cant speak to tell you of the months before I met you







and the way the truth it locked us right about the time after the lightning shocked us



when we were young and missing

round that small new england byway our lives they were sheltered then and I now I remember







well its not even being about that anymore I gotta get you down





those tiny fragments of perfection they please me in a time unchanged when its not the same beginning





or along awaited end... if I knew all the words I would write myself out of here





if I was all the colors I would paint you pretty in gold in a picture so I'm told little sister





so now I'm sold little sister why don't you tell me about the sunsets in sweden and the laws of eden





and how you were the rock of gib