Pop Smear

Who will leave your bed this morning?
Who will be the one
To leave you now amidst adoring light
Cause it feels right?
Who will be the one
To leave you as tomorrow's dawning?

And though i'm asking, please don't give specifics
I'm so unterrifically honest

Who will hold your door this evening?
Who will be the one
To steal the smile through shining candlelight
Cause it feels right?
Who will be the one
To leave you as tomorrow's dawning?

I'm not trying to be scientific
I'm not trying to be anything at all
But this chemistry just turns me
Turns me terribly honest
Honest

Who will leave your bed this morning?
Will he be the one
Who snuffs the smile that once had shined so bright?
Are you alright?
Will he be the one
Who leaves you as tomorrow's dawning?

I'm not trying to be sympathetic
I'm not trying to be anything at all
But this story's happened to me
And it's turned me terribly honest
Honest

Stripping flowers at pedal pace
Twirling blur of legs, legs and lace
Victoria, she loves her name

Running flushed our faces red
Daring her to kiss, to kiss my head
Victoria, she loves her name

Bathing in her innocence
Then drowned in her indifference
Victoria

I left her on her frozen route
I grew up while she, she grew out
Victoria, she loves her name

A social climb by offering love
'til everyone was inside of
Victoria
Loves

Now my love won't make amends
You cut the cord on which your life depends
Victoria, she loves her name

Like cheating in a children's game
Victory doesn't taste the same
Yet victoria, she loves her name
Victoria
Loves

Senator speak your mind if i smoke filled room
With a view on the top floor me
The president seal the deal yourself a better
Hand jobless homeless man on the moon beam

The capital gains some weight around
Forever and a day break a leg of lamb
Off in the distance runner uplift your
Spirit of '76 trombones lead

I, you bet i been speaking in tongues
Speak

Well, the deficit yourself right down in the front
Row row row your boat is sinking
The cold war of the world beat around the
Bush campaign in the ask yourself absorbing (junior)
The economy, myself and i gotta go
Thank you very much

I'm feeling very moses like
You think that i could lead you?
Or humble, more like david
Would you help me cause i need you?
Or i'll be charismatic
With the power to persuade you

Supposing i'm a saviour
Or a drunkard, or your highness
You slither in these sheets
And then you ask me for forgiveness
I'll tell you parables of making love
And spreading kindness

Flames rise like butterflies
Been frightened by my stompin'
I'm laughing 'cause they don't know who i am
The philistines toss tangerines
'cause springtime is for dancing
In like a lion and out like a lamb

Goliath sits and watches
Tired of this investigation
So children grab your m-16s
And load your ammunition
I will work all night
Rewrite the book of revelations

Flames rise like butterflies
Been frightened by my stompin'
I'm laughing 'cause they don't know who i am
The philistines toss tangerines
'cause springtime is for dancing
In like a lion and out like a lamb

Now go and tune your guitars
And i'll meet you here tomorrow
Grab that case of scotch
It's all the courage you can swallow
I'll burn for all your sins
But i'm expecting you to follow

Flames rise like butterflies
Been frightened by my stompin'
I'm laughing 'cause they don't know who i am
The philistines load magazines
'cause springtime is for dancing
In like a lion and out like a lamb

I adore a confrontation, and i should be ashamed
A carnival of complication, everyone's to blame
We can see the rocket's red glare
Pipe bomb bursting in the air
As we proudly hail our taxis out of the fight

Singing born of this nation of white bread foundation
We're taping a king, beaten of his crown
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
Spoonful of sugar to wash it down

I have seen the hungry faces, and i have been removed
Evidence in welfare cases, never being proved
We've written books on education
Summoned federal regulation
Skeleton hid deeply 'til its bones turn to dust

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why exactly, i guess she'll die
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
Spoonful of sugar to wash it down

And god save the queen, oh, and pardon the king
And our ballots we'll stuff, then drink 'till we drown
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
Spoonful of sugar to wash it down

She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days i would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
While the others roamed

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely

Then she fell in love with another one
I was older now, and followed a path
She had learned to be cool, to be caring
And i thought i should say
It's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely

That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will

She said her saviour was soon to come
From a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew
To be true and all loving
In the very best ways

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely

That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will

If time were a second
If life were a moment that once stood still
I'd leave it untattered, untouched, until

But it's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely

She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days, i would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely

That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
And i knew it before, and i do know it still