Apple Venus, Pt. 1

And i may as well wish for the moon in hand

I own this river, i own this town
All of its climbers and its wino's sliding down
But i can't own her and i never will
No i can't own her and that's a bitter pill

Taken with rain
'til the gutter shines like the swirling sky
Like the swirling sky

I've got all morning, i've got all year
It's down in my pocket with the daylight folded there
But i can't own her and i never will
No i can't own her and that's a bitter pill

Taken with rain
How i'd wash her hair like the swirling sky
Like the swirling sky

And when i say i can't own her
I don't mean to buy her
It's nothing at all to do with money
I simply want her in my arms forever more.
Is that an odd request?
Is that something so funny?

And i may as well wish for the moon in hand
Yes there's more chance of that coming true

But i can't own her and i never will
No i can't own her and that's a bitter pill

So i can't own her (of all the things you've got the thing you want the most is her)
And i never will (and she's the one thing that you just can't have)
No i can't own her (of all the things you've got the thing you want the most is her)
And that's a bitter pill (and she's the one thing that you just can't have)


Taken with rain
Which i swallow down with the swirling sky
With the swirling sky

But i can't own her
And i may as well wish for the moon in hand
No i can't own her
Yes there's more chance of that coming true

The last balloon is leaving, the last balloon from fear
The last balloon is leaving, form that line right here

Climb aboard, climb aboard you menfolk
You won't need any bombs or knives
Climb aboard, climb aboard you menfolk
Leave all that to your former lives

Drop it all

The last balloon is leaving, the last balloon of all
The last balloon is leaving, undress, discard, let fall

Climb aboard, climb aboard you women
You won't need any gems or furs
Climb aboard, climb aboard you women
Leave all that to the bad old years

Drop it all

The last balloon is leaving, the last balloon they'll fly
The last balloon is leaving and we won't qualify

Climb aboard, climb aboard you children
Move aloft, while you're fleet and fast
Climb aboard, climb aboard you children
We're weighed down by our evil past

Drop us all, you should drop us all
Drop us all and free your hand
Drop us all, you should drop us all
Drop us all like so much sand

I'd like that if we could cycle down some lane
I'd like that if we could ride into the rain
No macs, getting wet
I'd be your albert if you'd be victoria, hah hah
We'd laugh because each drop would make me grow up
Really high, really high like a really high thing
Say, a sunflower

I'd like that

I'd like that (what would you like?) if we could lay before my fire
I'd like that (what would you like?) if you could slide me from this wire
Toasting fork, i'll be done
I wouldn't hector if you'd be helen of troy, oh boy
We'd laugh because each flame would make me grow up
Really high, really high like a really high thing
Say, a sunflower

I'd like that

I'd smile so much my face would crack in two
And you could fix it with your kissing glue
I'd like that
Yes, i'd like that

I'd like that (what would you like?) if we could float away in bed
I'd like that (what would you like?) if i could row your heart and head
With you laid on one arm
I'd be your nelson if you'd be my hamilton, what fun
We'd laugh because each stroke would make me grow up
Really high, really high like a really high thing
Say, a sunflower (repeats)

Say a sunflower i became
I'd be growing in your lane

Gold sun rolls around
Chocolate nipple brown
Tumble from your arms
Like the ground your breasts swell
Land awake from sleep
Hares will kick and leap
Flowers climb erect
Smiling from the moist kiss of her rainbow mouth

Chorus

Stage left
Enter easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk
Stage right
Now the son has died, the father can be born
Stand up
If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke
New life
We'd applaud a new life

Odin mounts the tree
Bleeds for you and me
Splashing on the lamb
Gamboling with spring's step
Buds will laugh and burst
Racing to be first
Turning all the soil
As the promptress fingers through her spinning script

Chorus

Easter ... in her bonnet
Easter ... in her hair
Easter ... are the ribbons
She tied everywhere

Knights in shining karma
Tend your flame
And with love for armor
They'll remain

Ever by your bed
Guarding, still sleeping
Shield your soul from this rain
Knights in shining karma will remain

Jealous winter sun...
Cold as vichysoisse
Steals your smile for fuel
They'll ignite with braziers
Of warming stars

Knights in shining karma
Wash your feet
And with spotlesss darma come complete

Ever by your sink drying
Up tea tears
Shield your soul from this heat
Knights in shining karma come complete

Swollen summer moon
Hot as boiling air
Poach your dreams to ash
They'll bring sips from restful slumbers
Cooling keg

Jealous winter sun...

H-a-t-e
Is that how you spell love in your dictionary
K-i-c-k
Pronounced as kind
F-u-c-k
Is that how you spell friend in your dictionary
Black on black
A guidebook for the blind

Well now that i can see my eyes won't weep
Now that i can hear your song sounds cheap
Now that i can talk all your corn i'll reap
I'm not so sure that joey wed a virgin mary
There are no words for me inside your dictionary

S-l-a-p
Is that how you spell kiss in your dictionary
C-o-l-d
Pronounced as care
S-h-i-t
Is that how you spelt me in your dictionary
Four-eyed fool
You led 'round everywhere

Now that i can see it's the queens new clothes
Now that i can hear all your poison prose
Now that i can talk with my tongue unfroze
I'm not so sure of santa or the buck-tooth fairy
There are no words for me inside your dictionary

Now your laughter has a hollow ring
But the hollow ring has no finger in
So let's close the book and let the day begin
And our marriage be undone