Want me to tell you what I do in my apartment
I dance and move things around
Watch my feet in the mirror
Organize my thoughts and things
Try on dresses one by one
A lot of time is spent in front of my computer
Or sitting in my kitchen
Making and checking off lists
Music keeps me company
I sing when I know the words
Little projects are stashed in drawers closets and corners
I clean out my old purses
Little pieces of paper
Remind me of thoughts I had
Or nights I had forgotten
I try to stay busy or rest as much as I can
Tinkering with the balance
Sometimes I stay up too late
Or sleep too much on Sundays
Either way I wake up fine
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Togetherments and Complexes
Away
I want to be a wild animal
wth primary colors
something feathered
talking
talking
fluttering
No, no I take it back
I want to be a pirouette
Regretful
I shouldn't say it's simple
Love is simple
And I can't take it back
Capitol and Rock
I wish a was a totem pole
and you could stack different versions of me
on top of me
until I seemed complete
In my mind you are a catch
but this is a totem pole
so there's no line to throw
Explaining Away the Absent
Well there are only so many souls to have
and only so many bodies to have them
so some of us had to go without them
That's why we share
I want to be a wild animal
wth primary colors
something feathered
talking
talking
fluttering
No, no I take it back
I want to be a pirouette
Regretful
I shouldn't say it's simple
Love is simple
And I can't take it back
Capitol and Rock
I wish a was a totem pole
and you could stack different versions of me
on top of me
until I seemed complete
In my mind you are a catch
but this is a totem pole
so there's no line to throw
Explaining Away the Absent
Well there are only so many souls to have
and only so many bodies to have them
so some of us had to go without them
That's why we share
Monday, August 23, 2010
New Apartments
I can't live like this
chasing after candles that won't light
believing in a love that is common
but not commonplace
but I do
and I have
and I will
and sometimes I cry
and it feels like everything inside of me is outside of me
unreachable
and I cry
because I don't know what else to do
chasing after candles that won't light
believing in a love that is common
but not commonplace
but I do
and I have
and I will
and sometimes I cry
and it feels like everything inside of me is outside of me
unreachable
and I cry
because I don't know what else to do
Monday, August 9, 2010
Yes!
I would like a rodeo
to pick me up
buck me 'round a while
or let pirates steal me away
they could paint my eyes black
I do that anyways
I would pick a fight with a stranger
sing a war song
bruise another eye
put on a hard glare
but I can't sing another war song
and you have the most beautiful eyes
Sometimes I completely exit reality
Beg to be countered
Beg to be heard
And I will put it all out there
And you should too
because there is only little ol' me
and then there is you
to pick me up
buck me 'round a while
or let pirates steal me away
they could paint my eyes black
I do that anyways
I would pick a fight with a stranger
sing a war song
bruise another eye
put on a hard glare
but I can't sing another war song
and you have the most beautiful eyes
Sometimes I completely exit reality
Beg to be countered
Beg to be heard
And I will put it all out there
And you should too
because there is only little ol' me
and then there is you
Fedoras
The knowing is in the doing
I've been having trouble sharing my life with people
because I've been busy with thinking
and thinking
and thinking
Well I never said there was action lost in thought
but most of us aren't mind readers
and the better part of us
think seeing is believing
Seeing is believing.
I've been having trouble sharing my life with people
because I've been busy with thinking
and thinking
and thinking
Well I never said there was action lost in thought
but most of us aren't mind readers
and the better part of us
think seeing is believing
Seeing is believing.
Names
Torn apart
Presented in pieces
I hope the entire picture is not lost
I showed up wearing my Betty Crocker dress
halfway through the set
I was the only one dancing
until the night wore on
The calender was a good plan
Pre-emptive preparations
for a sadness that cannot be measured
A happiness you cannot outlive
My movements do have intentions
sometimes my words do not
Sometimes I count and deliver
I wonder why I let it carry me away
and search for measure and order
of the highest choir of voices
and something I never considered
to be true
To be true.
And so what if it is perfect the first time
Never quite to be the same again
Different is okay too
Remember the time I was beautiful
and I do the same for you
Because I don't believe in odds
on this particular occassion
Presented in pieces
I hope the entire picture is not lost
I showed up wearing my Betty Crocker dress
halfway through the set
I was the only one dancing
until the night wore on
The calender was a good plan
Pre-emptive preparations
for a sadness that cannot be measured
A happiness you cannot outlive
My movements do have intentions
sometimes my words do not
Sometimes I count and deliver
I wonder why I let it carry me away
and search for measure and order
of the highest choir of voices
and something I never considered
to be true
To be true.
And so what if it is perfect the first time
Never quite to be the same again
Different is okay too
Remember the time I was beautiful
and I do the same for you
Because I don't believe in odds
on this particular occassion
Hats
There's a girl that wears her heart on her sleeve
She's above the law
When she laughs just so at some secret thought
About a boy out there who glows in the dark
He says go as you please
And the girl she just smiles
Happiness stretched across her face
She's above the law
When she laughs just so at some secret thought
About a boy out there who glows in the dark
He says go as you please
And the girl she just smiles
Happiness stretched across her face
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Jolene
There must be something more
much more than what I've pretended to know
not much more than what I've known
all I know is love
One time, last New Year's Eve
I drank champagne until I couldn't stand
so, naturally, I fell into a Magic Hassle set
The bass player picked me up so quick
I gathered my bearings
along with my floor length leather coat
and found myself in the parking lot
Hey Baby, Baby you should take a shot
much more than what I've pretended to know
not much more than what I've known
all I know is love
One time, last New Year's Eve
I drank champagne until I couldn't stand
so, naturally, I fell into a Magic Hassle set
The bass player picked me up so quick
I gathered my bearings
along with my floor length leather coat
and found myself in the parking lot
Hey Baby, Baby you should take a shot
Well, everything else I learned from fairy tales
and the admissions of musicians and friends