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Findlay Ohio, 1968, poking hot tar bubbles
With a stick on the driveway
Grammyâs a Republican, Nixon is her man
In 2 years time, Ohio will be up in flames
I like the smell of the trash and leaves
Burning in the cans
Roger is the boy next door heâs a wanderer, he starts
With his handsâ¦
Cathyâs the outcast weâre nice but we steer clear
Everyone says watch out for her mom
The word is sheâs crazy sheâs always drinking beer
Cathyâs dad never came back from Vietnam
I like the smell of the trash and leaves burning in the cans
Roger is the boy next door heâs a wanderer
He starts by holding my hand
Scared, curious, raised up nice, but furious
What happens to a fence-scaling girl
If you catch your pants on top, first youâre stuck and then you drop
Youâll look back and first you feel the thrill
And thenâ¦
I wasnât into poetry, but Sexton changed all that
âThe awful Rowingâ past in tow and sinking slowly
Listless and listing the things that I leave behind,
So unkind, the pull of history
We drove in a station wagon, wheels soft slapping
Trenton on the turnpike
The smell of the refineries rushes back to me
And how I loved the lights
Scared but curious, raised up right but furious
What happens to a fence-scaling girl
If you catch your pants on top, first youâre stuck and then you drop
Youâll look back and first youâll feel the thrill
- Album:
- One Lost Day
- Beauty Queen Sister
- Holly Happy Days
- Poseidon And The Bitter Bug
- Despite Our Differences
- All That We Let In
- Become You
- Come On Now Social
- Shaming Of The Sun
- 1200 Curfews
- Swamp Ophelia
- Rites Of Passage
- Nomads Indians Saints
- 12000 Curfews Part 2
- Miscellaneous
- Lilith Fair - A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 1 (Live)
- Rites Of Passage (Expanded Edition)
- Rarities
- Fishtails
- Happy In The Sorrow Key