Sky Motel

Nothing like chrome when it shines
No better weather to drive
If you squint you can see it
If you limp you can reach it
All I want is Spring
All I want is you, smiling
All I want is green
All I want is you, smiling
Faithful to the finish, I'm grateful to be in this with you
A fucker of a lifeline
A mother of a lifetime with you

The neighbors dog won't let you sleep
Try not to stare at the neighbors hair
Out of the chaos, my us and your daddy's fingernail
Your mama's here and your daddy's hot
So hush-a-bye, baby don't you cry
Out of the chaos, my us and your little fontanelle
Ten thousand miles of moonscape
Don't keep anybody away after all
Close to the source, on a white trash moon
Under the horny sun of July

The neighbors gun won't let you sleep
Try not to stare at their underwear
Out of the chaos, my us and the coyote's lonely wail
Ten thousand miles of moonscape
Don't keep anybody away after all
Close to the source, on a white trash moon
Under the horny sun of July

Terrible wine
Set you free
Damn slap-happy sleep
C'mon out, c'mon out
Oh mercy, mercy me
Terrible wine
Draws ou out
Damn slap-happy in the dugout
C'mon down, c'mon down
Oh mercy, mercy me
And when you're smoke, how do you speak?
Smoke signals?
Write on trees?
C'mon out, c'mon out
Write with me

This is no time to fuck up
Scooting around the linoleum
On all fours, what for again?
Better yourself for somebody else
This is no time to wrestle
You're gonna burst a blood vessel
What for again?
We could be falling in love, like nobody else
Tonight your dream is safe with me
Tomorrow we wake up in L.A.
This is no time to make love
Rolling around the linoleum
We fall and we'll fall again
Better yourself than somebody else
Walking out on clay feet
Walking out the long way
What are you gonna say?
What the hell are you gonna say?
Tonight your secret's safe with me
Tomorrow we wake up in L.A.
Such a lovely dream
What a lovely place

A high
That's a swell take on this situation
I was trying to rectify
I was trying to skip out on this high
Keep away from the freaks on the fringe
They only talk to you
'Cause you give them a good excuse to cry

But in a cleaner light, it's ok
In a cleaner light, it's ok
In a better light, it's ok
In a better light, it's ok

This strange old sunshine beats me senseless
But it's supposed to be keeping me healthy
It's a lie
You're a strange old thing that keeps me senseless
But you're supposed to be keeping me company

But in a cleaner light, it's ok
In a cleaner light, it's ok
In a better light, it's ok
In a better light, it's ok

I wake up feeling fragile
It's nothing the TV couldn't cure
Or lying here for my whole life

But in a cleaner light, it's ok
In a cleaner light, it's ok
In a better light, it's ok
In a better light, it's ok

They only talk to you 'cause you're there

Arrest the boy
Warm between the eyes
As he jackknifes into winter
Stung like a cutthroat trout in the cathedral heat
Sick as a dog, shaking like a leaf
You have to look close to see what this disease has done to me
Arrest the boy
The hayseed with the song in his heart
As he writhes through the winter
Stung like a cutthroat trout in the cathedral heat
Sick as a dog, shaking like a leaf
You have to look close to see what this disease has done to me
You go whole hog when you like someone
I go apeshit when you forget me
Well, I forget what it's like to be kissing in the middle of a terrible dream
I forget what it's like to be kissing in the middle of a terrible storm
What a terrible thing
To be kissing the middle of you