Cavalcade

By the time your heart stopped pummeling my chest
I realized that it was only the day ready to begin
And again the sun was rising
without having to be asked to
The alarm clock has been squalling all morning
but the streets of Austin
and Holland still sleep oblivious to everything

I woke up early today
just to watch the news
"no chance for dry shoes or truth,"
the lady with the straight teeth said.
"The air outside is going to be thick with the blues."
Maybe it'll be changing soon
The fat man said there's to be a changing of the king
But I wouldn't bet on these things
Not even if Tim Donaghy was the referee

a bar was being raised downtown
everyone was acting proud
but we were really all just nervous.

people are going everywhere
people are going nowhere
the rest of us are just stuck here.

Our life's interpretive history
evolving every day
if we gave it a name
it just wouldn't be as special
Im a loser
Im a god
Im a different bird but the same song carries on
The sunny flourishes of piano
that danced from my grandmother's hands
The sauntering drums that rolled & popped
when you lay ontop of me

am i an echo?
Or am I just waiting for a floating kidney to wake me up.
how long until summer comes again?
were her eyes blue or green?
roses or daises?
eventually it all runs together like melted ice cream
trading years for my hair and teeth
by now Ive forgotten what all the saddness was for

Today, today there is no sign of dawn in the skies
So I left you asleep on the bed...
I grabbed my bread crumbs, keys and the squeak of the door.