If I buy you a drink will you be my friend?
Or at least stay for another song
All my hobos and drunks have left again
Even they know when they’ve been here too long
So the street leaves they dance with my feet until
My feet can catch up with my shadow
And the unbearable walls, they won’t stay still
For a second
I’m just living on the rocks
I’m still lying beside myself
Have you tasted my lovesick liquid delights?
My night-time respites, my neon lights
Will you be there for me when they call time?
When you’ve heard all my screams in the night
Will the lid of my box crumble in my hand?
Will it tumble like rocks to the sand?
Like dry ice to the ground, doubling and
Will I stumble?
I’m just living on the rocks
I’m still lying beside myself
The parasite morning, it ain’t on my side
In the evening it all seemed so sane
I sold the last years of my life
And tonight I’ll give them away, and tonight I’ll give them away
I’m just living on the rocks
I’m still lying beside myself
credits
from Butterfly Wishes,
released July 20, 2011
Written, performed, recorded and produced by Sadie Fleming
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