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December 9th, 2006


MOURNFUL AND SLOW


caught in a cave-in at the data mine

i'm reading palms. i'm looking into eyes

i do my hair the way the demons like

and swear tonight i will be dynomite

and i am happy as a firefly

in the moment when the fire dies


we're making progress still a ways to go

shoulder to shoulder at the waterhole

buildings leaping with a single bound

cats and dogs are falling from the clouds

there are lots of ways to get around

do what you can. you make your mother proud


mournful and slow

the only way to go


someone's always got to pull a knife

whatever happened to a good clean fair fight?

we called the cops. we waited on the line. dial nine

the beautiful bastard was a friend of mine

you say good morning then you say  goodnight

i hope to see you on the other side


mournful and slow

the only way to go


it could happen any day or night

what if life is not a prototype

you mind your business i will mind my own

you get the door and i will get the phone

we fall asleep with the tv on

in the middle of a marathon


mournful and slow

the only way i know


but that was then. and this is now. right now

here i am at the speed of sound

you get some money every other week. pay check

get out of debt just enough to be well fed

you feed the fish and then you walk the dog

the kitchen counter's getting waterlogged

once and for all this is the curtain call

the bullethole in the waterfall


mournful and slow

the only way to go



das - bryn mawr, pennsylvania, u.s.a.