Ten fingernails scraping the bare wall
Scampering down the cavernous hall
Reviewing all of my missed calls
There was you
Hands sliding down the oil slicked greased pole
Inching closer towards the black hole
To the depths of the bubbling shoal
It was so blue
Rumble seat rocking side to side
Bust my britches tanning my hide
Fib the truth profess a white lie
Buck the bronco hornswoggle a ride
Broadly built like a stalwart ox
Ambling slowly towards Fort Knox
Grab my shovel upturn some rocks
Stake my claim resetting all the clocks
Eyes they squint out under the scorching sun
Bag on my back it weighs half a ton
Shirt sweat-stained ripped torn and come undone
It was so cruel
Vulture angling soaring mile high
Watching waiting with scavenging eyes
Try to run there is nowhere to hide
Cannot from you
Beads of sweat drop from furrowed brow
As I rudder this ancient plow
Sheltered by a sacred cow
Pressured to renounce all of my vows
Feeling like a big shamed disgrace
Rap my wrist slap my weathered face
Sling a shooter of toxic waste
Bitter bile and vile aftertaste
Shake out my knotted hair
Let it all slide away
Taking your best pick
Quick choose then designate
Package up my cares
Let them all fly away
Cutting off the straps
Let go ingratiate
Think I’m feeling it now
Striking off of the bow
Renewing all of my vows
Feeling good and somehow
Lightning is my sole guiding force
As I bareback this ragged work horse
Try to follow the predestined course
Towards you
Stumbling trod through the downpour of rain
Magnetic drops slow trace lines of pain
Yet from you I simply can’t abstain
So what to do
Life raft takes salt water on board
As I stand waver draw my sword
Tiger shark leaps from a fjord
For the jugular striking a chord
Ride it deep into the blue sea
Hundred knots a thousand leagues
Underwater sea blitzkrieg
Hold my breath yet reveal no fatigue
Shake out my knotted hair
Let it all slide away
Taking your best pick
Quick choose then designate
Package up my cares
Let them all fly away
Cutting off the straps
Let go ingratiate
Think I’m feeling it now
Striking off of the bow
Renewing all of my vows
Feeling good and somehow

Tortured by the scorching desert heat
Shards of sand charring leathery feet
Illusionary home safe retreat
Mirage was you
Muted sky bored it thunderclaps
Sends me scampering like a blind bat
To all directions on the stained map
Yet not to you
Shake out my knotted hair
Let it all slide away
Taking your best pick
Quick choose then designate
Package up my cares
Let them all fly away
Cutting off the straps
Let go ingratiate
Shake out my knotted hair
Let it all slide away
Taking your best pick
Quick choose then designate
Package up my cares
Let them all fly away
Time now yeah to give thanks