DON'T YOU KNOW

 

Wrap your brain in cellophane

Preserve the pathways, purge the pain

And find things you can trade or exchange

Tired of chasing 'round your ghost

I left my home out for the coast

But everyone I left there was strange

 

So you go, live and linger like you've got it made

Don't you know, sunshine's only bound to turn to shade

 

Hit the road with a heavy load

I swore my ankles would explode

By carrying your ball and your chain

Raise your glass up for a toast

You bellow, bicker, brag and boast

'Bout living on a life without rain

 

So you go, live and linger like you've got it made

Don't you know, sunshine's only bound to turn to shade

 

Left alone to free my bones, talk to me in palindromes

Reflect upon a love transpired

A lifelong labor without pay, never thought I'd see the day

When everything we stood upon is going up in fire

 

You listen hard, but you don't hear, I got you in my rearview mirror

You disappear like trees along the road

I got lost in your arcade, a spiral circus, a thorn parade

A puzzle I can't solve or decode

 

So you go, live and linger like you've got it made

Don't you know, sunshine's only bound to turn to shade

So you go, live and linger like you've got it made

Don't you know, sunshine's only bound to turn to shade