give me a slot on a chat show
say I look good for my age
and I’ll tell you how all of it happened
my part in this world, on this stage

and after we’ve had Christmas time
share with me your Easter blood
it’s what I need to walk the line
between myself and brotherhood

for those of us who wish to build
know what’s here was first pre-willed

and to all who wish to love

did Jesus ever have a pull?
I’m pretty sure he did
when he was just fourteen, fifteen
when he was just a kid

you planted hell with Eden
strummin’ Petty, tender muse
your tested grace a candle
to the thick and misty blues

come on baby meet me
at the easy bar tonight
well keep on talking baby
we’ve time before tonight

I ran along a traveled road
a road a lot have worn
a tangled knot of hope and dream
but on it, I was torn

1. all I have I shall supersede
in months ahead
but treat barriers proudly, stoically

snowdrops push, no rush
the tumble-dryer’s humming
did you hear that lark?

demons, demons everywhere
I don’t care
I swear
I swear