Hearing her voice was like hearing the future So I covered my ears 'cause I didn't want to hear her And just the same her words come spilling out
As usual the door is secured with a muted click and a closing of the eyes Finally we face each other bodies sterile for the rite Soon she folds me
After 20 years and 3,000 miles I've finally found my home And now I live in legends of days gone by Amongst the crumbling glories of Rome And now
Spin me a song now as we travel The worm trails of this town As suddenly my sanity unravels And the clock is counting down While my hands Your tarantula
How dare you sleep so soundly while all I do is turn' Though I feel your safety surround me I take so damn long to learn How is it that you feel so
You can't complain I warned you about this That you'd star in a song or two And you'd get a serenade in exchange for a kiss And a handful of those
I'm not so good at this kind of thing Too bad this has to be perfect I'm a decent player I know how to sing But damn, damn this is tough And hollow
know you've walked through more life than I But I've seen some things in these 20 years And you can draw me all the maps of the falling places But
We've fallen in love with distant lands We've offered it up with both hands Though we've left no frogs unkissed I think there's something that
up here I can see both sides And the middle Is a little like no man's land But it's a pretty nice place to hide I can be funny when I talk And
