Let's Dance
all along adopt-a-highway lay the empty cans of masquerade
Thirteen miles on 31 are drying
the sky is lavender with ivory clouds that threaten drops of finger-paints
puddle jumping children clad in yellow raincoats splash the deeper purple of
veneer
Rows and rows of animals, their shiver skin is painted different shades
and from grazing tainted grass their teeth are stained the incandescent green
indifferent they watch the rainfall steady blend their spots and run their
stripes of veneer
lovely ladies strip the
Modern Man Blues
I'm tired Lord and I'm drawn
And I'm chilled right to the bone
I crawled home from my work
And this note said she was gone
Said your dinner's in the cat
And your love is out the door
I'm goin' back to my momma
And I don't want you no more, no more
She said she don't want me no more
She's gone back to her momma
Said she's never never comin' back no more
Now a man can take so much
And only heaven knows his limit
But a naggin' bitchin' woman
Digs a hole and puts him in it
A sophisticated man
Needs a little something on the side
So what you don't get at home
You've gotta get outside, hey
She's gone
I'm spending all of my money
She's gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She's gone
I'm so glad my woman's gone
Now time goes marching on
And it won't wait for you
You've gotta take it when it's offered
And get it when it's due
Now a man can move much faster
Without a millstone around his neck
So if you get the chance to lose it
You've gotta drop it and run like heck, hey
She's gone
I'm spending all of my money
She's gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She's gone
I'm so glad my woman's gone
She's gone
I'm spending all of my money
She's gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She's gone
I'm so glad my woman's gone