DYNAMO

standing in front of my hatrack
which hat will I wear today?
I'm fit as a fiddle
and sick of being played

I can't get used to this place
makes my stomach turn
pluck me like a petal
out of this bitch of a world

I'm gonna set myself in motion
hip hip hooray
an object in motion
tends to stay that way

I want to take you out honey
take you out on dates
buy you a soda at the roller rink
my future's so bright I gotta wear skates

dynamo dynamo
when you hold me in your arms
you take the chill out of my bones

twelve foot alligator
with a long gray beard
when I sleep in the afternoon
my dreams get weird

I'm in a window
taking a picture of you in a window
man can live on bread alone
doesn't mean he wants to

the chef is in the kitchen
he's got some onions frying
he's got a small radio
I hear singing that sounds like crying

you can go feet first
you can go in a barrel
you can go
head over heels to the devil

dynamo dynamo
when you hold me in your arms
you take the chill out of my bones

I had a woman
she was nothing but trouble
left me standing in the driveway
with my pants around my ankles

bring me more dry leaves
to cover the ground
wish I'd meet someone
worth keeping around

you say to-may-to
I say to-mah-to
you keep messing with me
we'll both be in the paper tomorrow

I want to give you
tender protection
I want to play
in your rhythm section

dynamo dynamo
when you hold me in your arms
you take the chill out of my bones

take Old Country Road
to Honeysuckle Lane
hitch a ride
on the gravy train

tell me about the time
you were in the Peace Corps
how you smoked a joint with Miles Davis
back in '74

half the world is on fire
don't even bother
if a carrier pigeon arrives
I'll have him for supper

I go to the museum
I feel peaceful
the people look at the paintings
I look at the people

dynamo dynamo
when you hold me in your arms
you take the chill out of my bones

I'm picking grapes for a man
can't think of the name of the man
at a place
can't think of the name of the place

in winter the tires
get wrapped in tire chains
she's halfway out
the window of a passenger train

an antique iron ring
with a red jewel
momma ain't pretty
daddy ain't cool

once I was a baby
now I'm a grizzly bear
I can't leave home
it follows me everywhere

dynamo dynamo
when you hold me in your arms
you take the chill out of my bones

 — Life With Others (Part I)