LIFE IN MY HEAD

her hand's in her pocket
my hand's in her pocket
we stand like that for sometime
I'm singing her an old song
a real good one
wish I could say it was mine

I'm pulling her closer
talking over her shoulder
under a black of space
with the white light
blinking
on the wing of a leaving plane

trains coming and going
trains sound like the ocean
the birds are fish in the sky
sunup on the rooftop
she feels good
and so do I

I'm leaning over the railing
and I getting the feeling
maybe this is my year
yellow newsprint
covered in shoeprint
keeps blowing around here

my kite string snaps
it's never coming back
it's off to god knows where
flying over the water
flying over a mirror
just a kite without a care

I give her a squeeze
I got ten or twelve keys
still left on my keyring
my thumb has a thumbprint
my gum has tropical twist
lover I'm a living thing

lover I'm a living thing
lover I'm a-livin'

she laughs at something I said
she throws back her head
she throws a wrench in the gears
the world marks a sea change
in my rib cage
and right between my ears

the shape of the buildings
the shapeless beginnings
in an orange blood red
all of the universe's power
in this time that's ours
god, give me life in my head

life in my, life in my….
life in my head

— LIFE IN MY HEAD