jesus christ, may27, street jelly

jesus christ
save you for half the price
while soldiers roll the dice
he sadly wipes the blood and tears from his eyes
these humans won't survive
your son is coming home tonight

lennon's dead
and me walk who will defend
chapman until the death
satan and a legal system lying in bed
washington receiving head
or is this time the devil giving instead?

marilyn
begs jack to put it in
she revels in her sins
she knows the president is fast but he's good
hooray for hollywood
and she would scream if she could

jfk
3 lives blown away
november skies are grey
his pretty wife and kids are hustled away
to see another tragic day
images carved in stone again

howard stern utters the final word
while morning coffee burns
we sadly lie awake and laugh till it hurts
will we ever learn?
or is this place just to absurd?

i'm in love
but like you i've had enough
run over by a truck
false dreams, like water
are burning up in the sun
my hearts beating like a drum
and we have only just begun

jesus christ
thanks for the sacrifice
but was it worth the price?
dumb songs like this blindly invoke your name
to validate some stupid claim
let's pretend your death was not in vain

ain't it passing strange?

darlin fool : may 17

Darlin’ Fool

All the times we'd look around big search through a bastard town –

 no dreams or drinks for money no time to roll away the stone –

 all the rhymes we'd toss around sing your songs and laugh it down –

was there ever a chance that we would back away from the fall?

too many lights, I can't see, too many ways to kill this devil in me –

 I once had the spirit but that was long ago –

Darlin' Fool, took me forever to believe in you,

we look forever for a love that's true –

give me the word and i will die for you –

I love you, give you a love that you will never lose,

and I will never turn my back on you –

give me a chance and I will see it through...my darlin' fool –

stop this bloody free for all - there are no more heroes within these walls - protect your loved ones from the call of animals and sin –

I remember when I first saw your face, the world allows you just one taste –

 leads you on a hopeless chase for the rest of your days... –

 too many lights, I can't see, too many ways to kill this devil in me –

I once had the spirit, it's a fading memory-

I wish that we could just fall asleep – cool pillows and a summer breeze –

 endless dreams, forever free from this reality –

feed your star, anticipate a pistol shot a little late

we're nothing but a fisher's bait been cast into the sea

too many lights, I can't see, too many ways to kill this devil in me –

I once had the spirit it wasn't meant to be – 

sleep to sleep : may 17

Sleep to sleep
through a spine picked clean
to a skull with hair
with nothing in between

the Night to night
on whitened teeth
Sewn into the cloth of memory

with all of our agents underground
there must be news someway somehow

this ghost of heaven have ascended
into the night
fallen angels, and evil labels
tricked for the flight

Blue smoke from a flap of wings.
On the walls of the christening

i know....i know....

Outside fakir fireflies
rose to the sky
inside tiger appetites
ready to the bite

all who come into this world
will lift the veil, unfurl the curtain

i know...i know....

sleep to sleep
dream to dream
all is light
with nothing in between

raise the sails
trim the heat
we'll go on
to where nobodys ever been

let's be ready for the show
let's get there - somewhere somehow
i know...i know....

endless walks
on endless streets
two right hands
and two left feet

outside ourselves
we're coming clean
and then there's this
death in the morning

raise your voice above the crown
raise your arms above the clouds
i know...i know....

if you're cold
if you're lost
if you're whipped
and nailed to a cross

she just flies
into the night
like all good children
that put up a fight

it's a place where we can go
face the sun, face the snow
i know.....i know...

fightin against the hillibillys - may 17

fighting for the hillbillys

we feel it ain't the same when the west wind comes round

these girls they play their games when the rest of the worlds gone to ground

with these paper cowboy hats and their artificial glow

we'll wait for the next time out, then we'll hit the road

same day, same way, up again, fightin for the hillbillys

each day, i'm afraid, i'm again, fighting for the hillbillys

same place, same face, same taste, fighting for the hillbillys

same day, same way, up again, fightin for the hillbillys

fightin for the hillbillys

we stole coins from the parking meters food from the resturants

we took the change from the ice cream man  magazines from the local mart

and if you waste your last cigarette on a trip to the shopping mall

then don't complain to the voices that stomp and scream and yell

these days don't seem so loose as the airport parking lots

where we guaranteed our coins and paved the streets with plates and pots

now she works on the southern shore, and she shades her eyes at night

and she keeps her back to the door and she reads by candlelight

two plus two : may 17

emily : may 17