as if it wasn't crowded enough
sometimes it feels like loss
plants another skeleton
inside of you
as if it wasn't crowded
enough
with one set of bones
some nights you can
feel them slowly turning
in a tight embrace
this melancholy couple
dancing within
and it's almost kind of sweet
on those nights i drink away
and whistle a solemn tune
to this strange moving union
Gravedigger in Disneyland
I am a gravedigger in Disneyland, walking down the streets
with shovel on shoulder.
I brush by colorful cartoon people, and they point their bright fingers,
mocking my mud crusted clothes.
I stop to lean on my spade and smoke a cigarette.
Meanwhile they dance down sidewalks like clowns, juggling bowling
pins full of laughter.
My smoke curls up past their blinking rainbow lights, climbing up
into the dark sky.
My heart's broken since I was 5 years old. Love
just unglues it.
I throw my blade upon my shoulder and continue through
the maze of neons.
sitting here in the bar i see lovers racing to their doom
there is always a limited number of kisses
between a pair of lovers
before the wet string snaps
and it is finished
always a pre-determined amount of embraces
between a pair of lovers
before an inner ribbon that tallies them
is snipped
you pick up the slack
tie the broken ends
but there is always a tight cap
upon unbudging love
i see their 'forevers' in the fading haze
of smoke from my cigarette
i'd say to go slow, but who can really ration flesh fire
once it sparks
so i lift my glass to flames & doom
Video: Tom Waits - Bad Liver And A Broken Heart from 1977.
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