| I sleep on my back | |
| Cause it's good for the spine | |
| And coffin rehearsal. | |
| I know a psychic who | |
| Reads her own palm and | |
| Her findings are personal. | |
| She keeps her fists shut tight | |
| And she sleeps on her side. | |
| Well maybe she knows | |
| Something I don't know. | |
| But I am still alive, in love, | |
| And wide-eyed in my time; | |
| Not a mummy shrinking in its cloths. | |
| Your cat clawed out my eyes | |
| While I was distracted by your smile. | |
| And now my sockets sit | |
| Like empty catcher's mitts waiting. | |
| And you ask me is there | |
| Anybody else that I’m dating. | |
| ‘Anna & Nathan’ | |
| Anna, I’m patient, | |
| But your painted pony is fading, | |
| Lost like a snakeskin in high grass | |
| And out there thrashing like a pet | |
| Bird caught in a jet stream, that's me. | |
| You counting blessings ‘cause | |
| Your net worth ought to be less | |
| Cream in your best dreams. | |
| But God put a song on my palm | |
| That you can't read | |
| I’m lucky to be under | |
| This same sky that held | |
| The exhale from your first breath | |
| Like a ring on a pillow of clouds | |
| But you my tongue may stutter | |
| But my gift heart screams clear and swells | |
| To burst between the wrapped lengths | |
| Of its baved ribbon cell. | |
| But I am still alive, in love, | |
| And wide-eyed in my time; | |
| Not a mummy shrinking in its cloths. | |
| There's a moth flock in my gut growing; | |
| A tug at my groin like tides trying | |
| To pull moon towards them, | |
| I can't ignore them. | |
| And when we say your name | |
| Our tongues catch flame. | |
| And you wonder why we ain't | |
| Got nothing to say. | |
| ‘Anna & Nathan’ | |
| (At your house) | |
| Anna, I’m patient, | |
| (Embroidered on a kitchen towel.) | |
| But your painted pony is fading, | |
| Lost like a snakeskin in high grass. | |
| And out there thrashing like a pet | |
| Bird caught in a jet-stream, that's me | |
| You’re counting blessings ‘cause | |
| Your net worth ought to be | |
| Less cream in your best dreams. | |
| But God put a song on my palm | |
| That you can't read | |
| I’ll be embalmed | |
| With it long before you'll see |
| I sleep on my back | |
| Cause it' s good for the spine | |
| And coffin rehearsal. | |
| I know a psychic who | |
| Reads her own palm and | |
| Her findings are personal. | |
| She keeps her fists shut tight | |
| And she sleeps on her side. | |
| Well maybe she knows | |
| Something I don' t know. | |
| But I am still alive, in love, | |
| And wideeyed in my time | |
| Not a mummy shrinking in its cloths. | |
| Your cat clawed out my eyes | |
| While I was distracted by your smile. | |
| And now my sockets sit | |
| Like empty catcher' s mitts waiting. | |
| And you ask me is there | |
| Anybody else that I' m dating. | |
| ' Anna Nathan' | |
| Anna, I' m patient, | |
| But your painted pony is fading, | |
| Lost like a snakeskin in high grass | |
| And out there thrashing like a pet | |
| Bird caught in a jet stream, that' s me. | |
| You counting blessings ' cause | |
| Your net worth ought to be less | |
| Cream in your best dreams. | |
| But God put a song on my palm | |
| That you can' t read | |
| I' m lucky to be under | |
| This same sky that held | |
| The exhale from your first breath | |
| Like a ring on a pillow of clouds | |
| But you my tongue may stutter | |
| But my gift heart screams clear and swells | |
| To burst between the wrapped lengths | |
| Of its baved ribbon cell. | |
| But I am still alive, in love, | |
| And wideeyed in my time | |
| Not a mummy shrinking in its cloths. | |
| There' s a moth flock in my gut growing | |
| A tug at my groin like tides trying | |
| To pull moon towards them, | |
| I can' t ignore them. | |
| And when we say your name | |
| Our tongues catch flame. | |
| And you wonder why we ain' t | |
| Got nothing to say. | |
| ' Anna Nathan' | |
| At your house | |
| Anna, I' m patient, | |
| Embroidered on a kitchen towel. | |
| But your painted pony is fading, | |
| Lost like a snakeskin in high grass. | |
| And out there thrashing like a pet | |
| Bird caught in a jetstream, that' s me | |
| You' re counting blessings ' cause | |
| Your net worth ought to be | |
| Less cream in your best dreams. | |
| But God put a song on my palm | |
| That you can' t read | |
| I' ll be embalmed | |
| With it long before you' ll see |
| I sleep on my back | |
| Cause it' s good for the spine | |
| And coffin rehearsal. | |
| I know a psychic who | |
| Reads her own palm and | |
| Her findings are personal. | |
| She keeps her fists shut tight | |
| And she sleeps on her side. | |
| Well maybe she knows | |
| Something I don' t know. | |
| But I am still alive, in love, | |
| And wideeyed in my time | |
| Not a mummy shrinking in its cloths. | |
| Your cat clawed out my eyes | |
| While I was distracted by your smile. | |
| And now my sockets sit | |
| Like empty catcher' s mitts waiting. | |
| And you ask me is there | |
| Anybody else that I' m dating. | |
| ' Anna Nathan' | |
| Anna, I' m patient, | |
| But your painted pony is fading, | |
| Lost like a snakeskin in high grass | |
| And out there thrashing like a pet | |
| Bird caught in a jet stream, that' s me. | |
| You counting blessings ' cause | |
| Your net worth ought to be less | |
| Cream in your best dreams. | |
| But God put a song on my palm | |
| That you can' t read | |
| I' m lucky to be under | |
| This same sky that held | |
| The exhale from your first breath | |
| Like a ring on a pillow of clouds | |
| But you my tongue may stutter | |
| But my gift heart screams clear and swells | |
| To burst between the wrapped lengths | |
| Of its baved ribbon cell. | |
| But I am still alive, in love, | |
| And wideeyed in my time | |
| Not a mummy shrinking in its cloths. | |
| There' s a moth flock in my gut growing | |
| A tug at my groin like tides trying | |
| To pull moon towards them, | |
| I can' t ignore them. | |
| And when we say your name | |
| Our tongues catch flame. | |
| And you wonder why we ain' t | |
| Got nothing to say. | |
| ' Anna Nathan' | |
| At your house | |
| Anna, I' m patient, | |
| Embroidered on a kitchen towel. | |
| But your painted pony is fading, | |
| Lost like a snakeskin in high grass. | |
| And out there thrashing like a pet | |
| Bird caught in a jetstream, that' s me | |
| You' re counting blessings ' cause | |
| Your net worth ought to be | |
| Less cream in your best dreams. | |
| But God put a song on my palm | |
| That you can' t read | |
| I' ll be embalmed | |
| With it long before you' ll see |