I SEE YOU HARVESTING
I SEE YOU WRAPPED IN MY WAY
BUT YOU WON’T GET AWAY WITH IT HONEY NO, YOU’LL NEVER COME CLOSE TO ME
YOU WILL FORGIVE ME IF I’M LEAN
OR COMATOSE ON CODEINE
WE WERE BAPTIZED: GREY STONES AND AZURE RIVER TO WAKE ME FROM THIS TWILIGHT SLEEP
AS WE DRAW NEAR THE WAITING ROOM
WITH THE NOD OF TWO WHITE OWLS
ONE TO SEDATE HER, ONE SHOT TO STOP HER HEART DEAR ETHEL, ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE CITY WENT OUT
BIRTH OF VIOLENCE SISTER OF THE ROAD
I SEE YOUR DEFENSES I TAKE TEN PACES
I’VE COME TO KNOW WHAT I NEED I VISUALIZE WHILE I BLEED TOWNES SENT A MUDSLIDE –
AN EARLY MORNING SHIVER
WON’T LET THEM TAKE YOU FROM ME

BIRTH OF VIOLENCE SISTER OF THE ROAD
I SEE YOUR DEFENSES I TAKE TEN PACES
BABY YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE