Slipping Off Your Wrist

I waited way downtown
I know my head is heavy when it’s wearing the crown
Spine bend like a willow, bend down
Put the needle on the record and you spin it around
I Felt like money when I woke up
You asked me if I ever drank the loneliness cup
Every cut I feel
I blink and then I blink: I didn’t think you were real

Bitter home awaiting—you’re shining all the time
Bit into a gumdrop: lemon or lime
My mind felt so wrong
I didn’t get to Alabama till you were gonе
And I then fell into a troubled sleep
I didn’t fall too deep
But in my drеams, I ran like Jenny Agutter
I left my troubled town behind
For the bitter home awaiting in the back of my mind

Tense, nervous, can't relax, don’t do it!
Hew your way out with a bloody ax
Were you born to roam?
Many lives stand between you and your home