Rock Me Now
(专辑: Grow Up And Blow Away - 2007)
The
town where she was born, like the
town where I
was born was built by white settlers seeking gold and other treasures Like me, she feels uncomfortable in the
clothing of her ancestors "It's not easy," she would say, ripping her fingers into the
ashtray, "It's not easy to erase your blood." Rock me now (sing with me) In the
arms of cobwebs Roll me out in the
arms of cobwebs Once, she found a
man to treasure and together they'd planted flowers of warning, fearing frost Late on shallow evenings while their enemies slept, they hammered the
soil asking for answers in green His value declined when he offered his name Why did he offer? His value declined when he offered his name His value declined when he offered his name (His fend gets spread on Sitting on the
avenue Blame it on the
dump truck Blame it on the
fuel Transient, Transient Everybody owes Living on the
dump truck, living on fuel) When she was seven years old, she saw a
man get shot, but no one came for a
long time because it happened in a
remote parking lot in Las Vegas And she was waiting for her mom to come back from working the
blackjack table at the
Circus Circus casino And that night, her mom said that the
two of them and the
now dead guy were the
only three people who ever really lived in Las Vegas Everybody else just arrived, ate their complimentary shrimp cocktail, and left Rock me now in the
arms of cobwebs (it's a
one room city, yeah) Roll me out (so can you roll with me?) In the
arms of cobwebs (it's a
one room city, yeah) His value declined when he offered his name It's a
one room city, yeah It's a
one room city, yeah The
wall to wall to wall to wall goes to street to street to street