Chancellor

Seconds from pajamas I must

First open all the doors and the windows

And invite the vampire in

To be one of us

Then, in the guise of cool air,

In the softer hours, he's there,

Sitting, talking in the voice of your mother

About leaving one good party for another

And in the night of a thousand missteps

And the loss that made him dogged

Or it could've been the doggedness that

Caused the loss in the first place, I guess

I'm discovering uses for you I thought I'd never find

I could've made chancellor without you on my mind

Crazy daisies and wooden stars,

The threat of oxygen on Mars,

Marching armies in the night,

Smiling strangers riding by on bikes

Children smoking, sloganeers on mics,

Just a few things most vampires don't like

I'm discovering uses for you I thought I'd never find

I could've made chancellor without you on my mind

Before the dawning's first light I must

First close up all the doors and the windows

And try and trap that cool air in

To be one with us

I'm discovering uses for you I thought I'd never find

I could've made chancellor without you on my mind