And the first one tore a picture
Of a dead and hanging man
Who was kissing foreign fishes

That flew right out from this hands
And when I put my arms around him
I felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks

And an eeriness surrounded when his tongue began to speak
And he said...Oh boy you are so pretty
Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string...

And when I finally kissed him the whole world began to ring
Lost like a bell that's tipping over
With two cracks along both sides

And I knew the world was over so I took a look outside
And watched the fires that were reaching
Up to the weather vane and the tops of trees

And the waiting scene and the sunday dream
They're all waiting here for me


Deli markets with their flower stands
Pretty girls and the burning men
Hanging out on the hooks next to the window displays

And I took out my tongue twice removed from my face
Across a bridge and across the mountains
Threw a nickel in a fountain

To save my soul from all these troubled times
And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take
To soothe my mind so I'm always sober

Always aching, always heading towards
Mass suicide, occult figurines
And wasted gas-station attendents

Attending to their jobs
And a nice drive in the country
Finds a nice cliff to drop off

Oh when this world just gets so grating
All the grittiness of life
But don't take those pills your boyfriend gave you

You're too wonderful to die

From anything we could call loving

Any love worth living for
So I'll sleep out in the gutter
You can sleep here on the floor

And when I wake up in the morning
I forgot to lock the door
Because with a match that's mean and some gasoline

You won't see me anymore