bRIDGE.

I broke my baby’s back today
with a mother and a father and a Lover
that I’d thrown away
standing tall and proud
with my knee upon her spine

I got gas for a hundred miles
means I got a while
before I got to think
about trading a limb for a full fuel tank

I’ve only got four but I’d trade four more
for a change of oil
or a change of mind
or a chance to mend her spine

I’m asking God to pay up on my cliche
it’ll rain on the day I die
it’ll snow when I stand alone
I will Live fast I will die young
this is my stand my last request
my contract when the day is done

Y2K has come and gone without casualty
but three young squirrels who never knew
that the race was won
or even being run
I say it’s one for you
two for me
could it be that they’ll break their backs for me?

watch the Sesquehanna run
and the sun go by
from a ledge lodged high
humans trap their own paths back
the way that they had come
track in the mud on the car floor board
start the engine and
run
run
run

I’m asking God to pay up on all of my bills
the sketching sound of me incompleation
I’m asking God to understand
why I’ve been late for all of these years
you can’t be human and an artist too
you’ve got to give one up when the day is through

mist twixt me and town the bridge bides time
while it turns to rust
mist twixt me and home
bodies bide till bones and dust
mist twist you and I
heart beats hard to show that I am dying
mist twist me and you
shows that I’m alive
well I’m SO alive!

well it’s
pedal to the metal and Hellbent for nowhere
I’m searching out a solid spine
swearing this time that I will be so kind

I got a passion for meaness
a passion for distance
a passion for change
and a passion for speed
I got a passion for passion
a passion for people
I’m swearing to you that will be
the last one that I feed.

I’m asking God to fiddle in the middle
straighten the edges and clear the tears
keep my friends so safe from all of my fears
bring them home now
and bring them home soo strong
this is my stand my last request
my contract when the day is won.