I don't feel very smart, or very strong, or very
whatcha call it, I don't know
but if you put your heart into this song, we'll have a
whatcha call it, I don't know
it's much more than a lullaby
although it's less than I had hoped that it would be
it wasn't supposed to make you cry
hey that was only for me
he learned obsession early, learned it clearly, how to
whatcha call it, I don't know
to take possession surely, and sincerely
then to watch her like a kind of show
and in the same direction
in the gentle way of where to go and who to call
he'd offer his protection
like a blindfold on a child about to trip and fall
and if he stopped to wonder why
to blame his mother, or his father, or a cause beyond his own control
it only served to simplify
the righteous anger that he stole
a scuffle in his inner eye
like a distraction, or a fire, or a diamond in a lump of coal
a shuffle with a pack of lies
and a protesting, silent soul
I will grow up tomorrow and start to understand
holding patience and sorrow and freedom in my hand
I will wake up tomorrow in some exotic land
holding patience and sorrow and freedom in my hand
believing we’ll be wiser when we're older when we're
whatcha call it, I don't know
place your words beside her, to enfold her sleeping
head and shoulders, knees and toes
I had a plan for you and I
it was intricate, it was convoluted, a masterpiece when it was through
I found a way to justify
what we were going to do
I started out to say goodbye
in a poem, in a letter, in a book about another song
I formulated your reply
it didn't take me too long
I will grow up tomorrow and start to understand
holding patience and sorrow and freedom in my hand
I will wake up tomorrow in some exotic land
holding patience and sorrow and freedom in my hand
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