A(7) D Ab5
I had a date with a pretty ballerina
Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes
I asked her for this dance, and then she obliged me
Em Dsus4
Was I surprised, yeah
G B7 (E)
Was I surprised, No not at all

you’ve been chewing through your pillow; I’m up late
it’s having me for breakfast, shark bait

if one of us can’t both be wrong
it’s awful off and hornery on
cadavres learn their a-b-c
so level x-ray eyes with me

when Saturn’s in my headroom, it’s a hard count
rubber ring-toss, triple jump – stolen bounce

stolen bounce
cover, unannounced
sleeping with the dogs
turning in yr mouth

it’s nothing embarrassing
what I’ve been imagining
drop me like an egg on a trampoline
better to sleep in the saddle than bleed an imaginary friend

vulnerability, stuck in the battery
demons don’t come out automatically
auto da fe, little mouse on a tray
stand the table on its end

a fissure where my heartbeat saw through me
can lovers undiscover their bodies?

if none of us can’t both be wrong…
arms fall off, legs get long
cadavres climb down family tree
so wrestle x-ray eyes with me

we’ll bounce hammers off precarious boulder
and roll away big Jesus shoulders

what are we ever gonna become?
take another name
speak another tongue

it’s nothing embarrassing
but I’ve been imagining
loading up on sea bands and dramamine
better to sleep in the saddle than bleed an imaginary friend

vulnerability, sucking the battery
spirits don’t come out automatically
a crack in the egg, let the yolk run amok on the small of my back
hard tack