Dahlias Lyrics

A dream for a day, a day for a king

A cold spring morning, so bright and sweet

Another on down, and many to come

Where will I be when the enemy is done?

We pick up the trash, in the neighborhood park

The simple things don't change and the kids won't talk

We're working so hard for what we don't love

Cause the money's good, and it feels so grown up

Now its the hope in a stranger, a distance to touch

Its the strength in a thought when you've had a bit much

Its lying to your mama, but she knows you well

You say things are just fine, but she knows you fell

We all slept on the floor

Of the basement tonight

Two stories down picking a fight

Crying, and killing

Fleeing to die

When a call to be noticed is just a breath in the night

Go get some cracks in your hands, some dirt on your nose

A chip in your front tooth, and holes in your clothes

Cause years go by, blurry hours and days

Like a polaroid thats fading, in an empty suitcase

She packed up her Neon

Took the Kingston boat home

To take care of her mama

And help her sister cope

Her clock was set for midnight in a race with the rest

Three under a blanket for two and her head on your chest

A dream for a day, a day for a man

A middle class hero, with love in his hands

Love like a story in the pages you read

The paperback memories of both you and me

She's made of stone, and I of the rain

We'll grow dahlias together, rutabagas and grain

Simple yet wondrous, with a face for a frame

A heart like a mountain, and eyes like a train