AMERICAN DAUGHTER
When I met her
Knees together
She held my head there
Underwater
So I tried harder
To forget her
American Daughter
But my mind wanders
Through visions of her
Heart-shaped letters
She is made of
Every other
She is static
Then technicolor
And to know her
Is to love her
American Daughter
Dreamt about her
Some nights after
Concrete baby
Walked her home late
When I met her
Knees together
We held our heads there
Underwater
She is made of
Every other
Did I lose her
Did break her
American Daughter
And to know her
Is to love her
Dreamt about her
DEVIL’S POOL
Never expected too much
We just fell out of touch
With your chances in life
How could you get it right
It’s okay, darling
You’re just too far away for talking
You hide the hospital bills
And at night I see pills
They go blue white and red
They go straight to your head
In a Devil’s pool
You don’t know the rules
You’re just somebody’s fool
But I love you
Easy come easy go
Are you high are you low
Should I stay should I go
Easy come easy go
It’s okay, darling
You’re just too far away for talking
In a Devil’s pool
You don’t know the rules
You’re just somebody’s fool
But I love you
Easy come easy go
Are you high are you low
Should I stay should I go
Easy come easy go
HOLIDAY HOUSE
Drive all night
Up to the old driveway
Looking for the holiday house
Where love runs about
Friends who wore
Ribbons in their hair
Talked about a new doomsday
And the old window displays
Hang my head
Off of the swimming pool
Into the bittersweet
Under the Milky Way
Open the holiday book
Look at the pictures you took
When you light the fire
You will see their smiles
Long driveway
Give all your cares away
Look at the skies above
Look at the mourning dove
Look at another day
Sweet little runaway
Running through the high cornfields
Scratches that do feel real
Drive all night
Up to the old driveway
Looking for the holiday house
Where love runs about
Here’s to the holiday house
We can go nowhere now
BLACK MAGIC
It’s strange and makes you wonder
What is it about her
A certain fascination
With the dark side of the street
It’s strange and makes you wonder
Some call it black magic
It’s altogether tragic
Living in a moment
You feel has come before
Some call it black magic
It’s strange and makes you wonder
You stay a little longer
Secrets to uncover
And every moment numbered
It’s strange and makes you wonder
And all of this black magic
Is floating in the air
Where the rivers come together
A million miles away
It’s strange and makes you wonder
BECOME
Keep you close to me
Oh sweet remedy
Bright and crystalline
Take it as it comes
Holy morning sun
Rubies on my tongue
La la la la
Become light
What’s inside
All around
Time goes by
Don’t you cry
Become light
Love is like a fire
Light it, it goes higher
Keep you close to me
Love is like a fire
(Time goes by)
Light it, it goes higher
(What’s inside)
Keep you close to me
Become light
Time goes by
What’s inside
Become light
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