Supersede

Supersede

Cookie cried for three days, until she couldn’t cry no more

she ate the fridge, jumped the bridge and wound up bloated on the shore

The children they all pointed at another painted score

and somebody asked: “can I take a picture?”

Well the heat down here is brutal, it’s hard to do what’s right

the locals shout that you won’t burn out if you don’t ever shine too bright

and I wish I was in your back pocket or in your bed tonight

I wish that i was loud so you could hear me

but oh, no

what else must I be?

it’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

that I need you, honey I need you

there ain’t nobody who could supersede you

we’re not such strangers, so honey I need you right now

Now all the streets are paved with petals, the parade is coming through

it kind of feels like royalty cause’ everyone’s in blue

and yellow flowers falling, from a window too

falling to the feet of such a coward

The mayor is kissing babies, he’s almost way too kind

we’re filled to the brim with honest men, they’re just way too hard to find

so stare into his Public Eyes and watch his clock unwind

then find him old and drowning in the deep end

but oh, now

what else must I see?

It’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

that I need you, honey I need you

there ain’t nobody who could supersede you

we’re not such strangers so honey i need you right now

You see, I long for a hickory morning with a waltz and trumpet flare

i’m doing my best to recover from what time cannot repair

and i’m sick of all this solitude and pre-rehearsed despair

my eyes are a hundred miles away from sleeping

Well I wish you’d write a letter, or telephone to me

this place is dark and there ain’t a spark of who I used to be

so the sick hearts of the unloved tell the brave souls of the sea:

“we’re all closed up, why don’t you come back when we’re open.”

but oh, no

what else must I be?

it’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

that I need you, honey I need you

there ain’t nobody who could supersede you

we’re not such strangers so honey I need you right now

There’s a cracked and pale mirror, hanging on my wall

the church bell rings and the choir sings and I can hear it from the hall

Now you might not believe it, but there was no fire at all

we just danced for seven days wishing for water

Maria tells the fortunes, they line around the bend

a dollar for your problems, and five to know the end

They come from miles around; like a pack of howling men

I wonder what she does with all that money

but oh, now

what else must i be?

it’s all inside my head i guess, but it just reminds me

that I need you, honey I need you

there ain’t nobody who could supersede you

we’re not such strangers, so honey I need you right now

Simple sidewalk painter, says his life is such a bore

spends his time with a jug of wine and a palette on the floor

he screams: “Heaven! Take my eyes, cause I can’t paint no more.”

Honey, sometimes I feel just like his colors

I’m gonna go down to the ocean, I want to fill my boots with sand

so the next time that you see me, I’ll be a much more grounded man

So go and do whatever it is you do and I’ll do what I can

and when we meet again you can try to know me

oh hey,

what else must I be?

it’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

that I need you, honey I need you

there ain’t nobody who could supersede you

we’re not such strangers so honey I need you right now

they call me pessimistic, but it occured to me

that babies are all born crying and dying is never free

But I still can’t shake that feeling, that Somebody’s watching me....

I just thought that I would tell you