Oh, oh, oh brother totem pole I saw your legends lined up And I never felt more natural Apart, I just came apart
Please, please, please sister Socrates You always answer with a question Show some kindness to a petty thief Forgive, you did forgive
Saw the migrants smoke in the old orange grove And the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral YouÂ’ve been a father to me In 1960Â’s speak In the comatose joy that weÂ’re on TV While the mountainÂ’s side was shining Wild colors of my destiny
I watched your face age backwards Changing shape in my memory You told me victoryÂ’s sweet Even deep in the cheap seats
Hey, hey, hey mother interstate Can you deliver me from evil Make me honest make me wedding cake Atone, I will atone
Wait, wait, wait mighty outer-space All that flying saucer terror Made me lazy drinking lemonade A waste, it just went to waste
Like the Freon cold out the hotel door Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral YouÂ’ve been a daughter to me Your buried shoe-box grief I felt your poltergeist love like savannah heat While the waterfall was pouring Crazy symbols of my destiny
I watched your face die backwards Little baby in my memory A lonely victory sweet Even deep in the cheap seats
And you donÂ’t judge me ThatÂ’s not your style But I wonÂ’t see you for a little while And thereÂ’s no worries Whose got time All these changes are going to fill your mind
Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral ItÂ’s been a nightmare to me Some 1980Â’s grief Gives me parachute dreams Like old war movies While the universe was drawn Perfect circles form infinity
Saw the stars get smaller Tiny diamonds in my memory I know that victory is sweet Even deep in the cheap seats