Buffalo Tom

Looking for the bottom of the rain
Wondering if its you who is insane
Is it mine
Or is the other train there moving
At the bottom of the rain

Stuck here at the bottom of the well
Looking for that beacon on the hill
Been down so long that gravitys my final friend
At the bottom of the well

All the questions that
I never got to ask you, like

Where'd they go, where are all those golden years?
[bottom of the rain..]
Where'd they go, where are all those golden years?
[bottom of the rain..]

In the land of sunken one-eyed kings
Im the blindest man around who sings
Help me out
Catch me now
I'm falling down to the bottom of the rain

All the questions that
I never got to ask you, like

Where'd they go, where are all those golden years?
[bottom of the rain..]
Where'd they go, where are all those golden years?
[bottom of the rain..]

A phone call from a friend so far away
Asking me if I remember days
When drunken sunlight rays we squandered
Like ticket stubs and refunds rendered
Bottled up inside the rain

Yeah yeah
Where'd they go, where are all those golden years?
[bottom of the rain..]
Where'd they go, where are all those golden years?
[bottom of the rain..]

I am a good girl
Momma and Daddy
But I disappointed you
Anyway

I was a poor boy
I even tried so hard
But I didn't even know the words I gotta say

Well the sound of dancing feet on the floor on top of me
As I'm standing in the men's room trying hard not to be seen

Well maybe I can be someone this time
Yeah maybe I could be some other guy

Maybe I, maybe I, maybe I can be someone this time
Maybe I, maybe I, maybe I can be someone this time

I wanna share your
Sweaters and lipstick
Brothers and sisters it's the way it oughta be

I was a good girl
I even tried so hard
But I didnt even know the words Ive gotta say

Leaving you in the care of others
I won't be letting you down
Clowning around on the green of this town
I won't be letting you down

It's easy to draw yourself a circle
Just trace it back to yourself
A father who can't hold himself together
A grandson who's just left the ground

She's coming in for landing but you're leaving much too soon
She handles disappointment like her mom
And I wanted her to meet you and to carry her away
And to touch each other's hearts of palm

Flowers on the kitchen table
Not a dry eye in the house
Someone knows you better than I do
That leaves my heart in my mouth

Chorus

Sunday Catholic morning after shave
Coffee grounds there in the sink
It's Easter and the bastards haven't left me
But here is a song you can sing

Chorus

And to touch each other's hearts of palm.

September shirt
I felt it every word
Woke up from sleeping in
The very shirt I'm in

I heard her words
Assembled every hurt
I could be crying in
My every glass of gin

September shirt
Always been true
You came into view
When I tore into you

Oh September shirt
Pulled over my eyes
Wake and arise
And compromise

September hurt
You left me in the dirt
I would be sleeping in
The very shape I'm in

September words
They echoed in my head
You shoulda stayed in bed
I should have stayed in bed

I am a lucky man
Glass of wine in my hand
Willfully walk away
Enjoy your Saturday

Out here on the lawn
The sun's already gone

(...)
I am a better man
But time made me younger then

These cars go by too fast
To make these evenings last

I have always known
You land where youve been thrown
Make that house your home
Im a lucky guy
These sidewalks and the sky
Is all that fills my eyes
Is all that burns my eyes

How have I stayed so long
In a state where I dont belong
Well, there's been her for one
The morning had just begun

These cars go by too fast
To make these evenings last

I have always known
You land where youve been thrown
Make that house your home
Im a lucky guy
These sidewalks and the sky
Is all that fills my eyes
Is all that burns my eyes
Yeah, is all that burns my eyes...

Sight unseen, sadder seas
Summer song sung all along
Dragged across the seven seas
To the beach come follow me

Summer's gone a summer song
You've wasted every day, every day

Cellophane, a grandma's town
Summer's letters on the ground
Seven pins, the fall begins
When the leaves burn, summer ends

Summer's gone a summer song
You've wasted every day, every day
Summer's gone, can't wipe it off my hands
Write it in the sand, in the sand

Where've my heroes gone today?
Mick and Keith and Willie Mays
Broken windows trails outside
I can take you for a ride

Summer's gone a summer song
You've wasted every day, every day
Summer's gone, can't wipe it off my hands
Write it in the sand, in the sand
In the sand

Summer's gone a summer song
You've wasted every day, every day
Summer's gone, can't wipe it off my hands
Write it in the sand, in the sand
In the sand
In the sand
In the sand
In the sand

Watch an eyeball
Take a free fall
At the mention of a name
In its socket
And like a rocket
Rises just the same

Could my eyelids
(could my eye)
Cover what I did
The shuttin of the door
And could these ceilings
Contain my feelings
Me down on the floor

Jerked my fountain
Ice cream mountains
I suppose I'm just too late
Form a line here
Think I'll die here
These people nauseate me

But if my patience
Were a spaceship
High up in orbit
I would rise here
Hypnotized here
Risen from where I sit

A solid angle
My legs do dangle
Off the counter's edge
Soft words spoken
Promises broken
I Close my eyes instead

But could my eyelids
Cover what I did
The shuttin' of the door
Could these ceilings
Contain my feelings
Me down on the floor
Me down on the floor
Me down on the floor
Me down on the floor

Sister can you hear me now
The ringing in your ears
I'm down on the ground
My luck's been dry for years

I'm lost in the dark
And I feel like a dinosaur
Broken face and broken hands
I'm a broken man

I've hit the wall
I'm about to fall
But I'm closing in on it
I feel so weak
On a losing streak
Watch my taillights fade to black

I read a thing about this girl
She was a hermit in her world
Her story was much like mine
She could be my valentine

And although we've never met
I won't forget her yet
She cut herself off from her past
Now she's alone at last

I feel so sick
Lost love's last licks
But I'm closing down on it
I feel so weak
On a losing streak
Watch my taillights fade to black

Lost my life in cheap wine
Now it's quiet time
Cappy Dick nor Jesus Christ
Could not help my fate

But I'm underneath a gun
I'm singing about my past
Had myself a wonderful thing
But I could not make it last

I've hit the wall
I'm about to fall
But I'm closing in on it
I feel so small
Underneath it all
Watch my taillights fade to black
..Watch my taillights fade
..Watch my taillights fade
..Watch my taillights fade

All spangled up, glittering on
There's a monster in the kitchen - his lights's turned on
Thanks for coming - it meant a lot
But you sure do know how to put me on the spot

You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green

You came into the kitchen - a rose held high
I never want to see young flowers die
And hearing all that made me feel like a spy
To tell you any different would be to lie

You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green

"Merry Christmas" you said to me
Empty drawers - nothing left for me
We turned around now and what did we see?
All our whispers and transparencies

You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
You're so green
So green
So green
So green

I scratched my finger
On the door in front of you
You scratched your finger
At the girl outside
That's a bigger
Responsibility
When All My Children
Is an endless bore

I'm the number on your kitchen door
I'm the gifted son who cannot score
I'm the number on your kitchen door
Please remember just to keep the score

I scratched my finger
On the door in front of you
Please remember
That I'll always care
That's a harbor
That you can sail to
When all your ocean
Is a mindless chore

I'm the number on your kitchen door
I'm the gifted son you can not scorn
I'm the number on your kitchen door
Please remember just to keep the score

Well that's our number on our kitchen door
But it's more than numbers that I adore
I adore

I'm the number on your kitchen door
I'm the baseball team from Baltimore
I'm the number on your kitchen door
Like Cinderella she just sweeps the floor
Like Cinderella she just sweeps the floor
Like Cinderella she just sweeps the floor

Enemy, all over my body
She's wrapped up
She's wrapped up in alcohol
She's wrapped up
She's wrapped up in caffeine
She's my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy

I woke up, she was painting the lattice
She can't see through her mother's magnets
She can't see, she breathes electricity
She's my enemy
She is my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy
She's my enemy, enemy

I woke up, she was painting the lattice
She can't see through her mother's magnets
She can't see, she breathes electricity
She's my enemy
She is my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy
She's my enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy
She's my enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy
She's my enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy
She's my enemy, yeah

How can I follow suit
When nothing seems to matter anyway
Living too close to nothing new
It takes a lot to get used to today
But I follow suit
And I follow suit anyway
But I follow suit
And I follow suit everyday
And I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
It's a fashion meant for me today
I'm in love in with a sunflower suit
Nothing else matters anyway
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
That is how I get the birds to stay
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
It's no wonder if I can last
Broken fingers, broken glass
No straps and no safety net
I'll make an impression they can't forget
But I follow suit
And I follow suit anyway
But I follow suit
And I follow suit everyday
And I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
It's a fashion meant for me today
I'm in love in with a sunflower suit
Nothing else matters anyway
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
That is how I get the birds to stay
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit
I'm in love with a sunflower suit