i'll be fine

i'll be fine

i'll be there to hold you to resolutely scold you

on my dime

and you'll be fine

there's no need to worry

barricade and worry

your four lines, you'll be fine

and i'll be wild 

super scared but famous

crystal stud courageous

let it slide

you'll be mine

periphery and spaces

egyptian styled wages

traps and lies

and a second batting eye

any artist in the middle ages

would feel his age, would fill the pages

with dots and half circles

men read the cards like braille

what's this vast sympathy?

bright as the moon, as sweet as tea?

the night is gritty

let's head into the city

oh brother, we're as thick as thieves

pen on paper, thin as leaves

on a piano they play every piece

since nineteen seventy

now that all the money's marked

the dog's are kennelled, the car is parked

but the dogs are sure to bark

when the highway hits the heart

sister wish your wish away

it won't be coming back again

intention will not sweeten it

for sometimes

cuz none of this don't matter much

our bags are packed, our tickets punched

everything to time succumbs

and sometimes

father you arrest me now

i will not kneel, i will not bow

you of all people should know by now

my reasons

i have suffered wicked blows

from out of time, from head to toe

we live by all these lies and shadows

sometimes

and mother please accept this light

we'll make it good, we'll make it right

rivers of sacrificial rites

redeem us

with my two arms i will pick you up

i'll lift you up, and then what?

it's so easy to forget it all again