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The Sky In Tacoma
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THE SKY IN TACOMA
He's sitting on a bench in the Greyhound station,
his bag between his legs like a sheltered mathematician,
off to San Francisco for some cultural enrichment
and the sky in Tacoma's raining razor blades.
He's never been away, never seen eccentric people,
just his mother and his father who live inside a steeple.
I't prayers every morning and hippings every night
and the sky in Tacoma's raining razor blades.
I wouldn't say he's strange, but he's got his own ideas
regarding leaps of faith mental diarrhea,
when he looks into the mirror there are wires in his eyes
and the sky in Tacoma's raining razor blades.
Everybody stay at home and make out your wills
'cause the sky in Tacoma's raining razor blades.
Once when he was twelve, he saw a girl undressing.
His second cousin Edna from Dallas on Thanksgiving.
When she got down to the frilly parts he had to run away,
with the sky in Tacoma raining razor blades.
Sometimes in his dreams he's a television weatherman
trying to escape from angry young republicans
who heard him say something like, "poison in the clouds,
and the sky in Tacoma raining razor blades.
He's never been political, never got involved,
although once he won a ribbon for a riddle that he solved.
Something about dust bunnies up in outer space
and the sky in Tacoma raining razor blades.
Everybody jump up, and boogie 'til you die
'cause the sky in Tacoma's raining razor blades.
He glances at his watch, it eleven forty-seven.
Only twelve minutes left before he meets his destiny.
Everything is changing, it can never be the same,
and the sky in Tacoma's raining postcards
with pictures of razor blades.
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Johnny Seeks Treatment
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JOHNNY SEEKS TREATMENT
I think you mean that you need security.
I think you mean that you can't decide.
I think you mean that you might be stopping here.
I think you wonder how much of it lies.
And while you're standing by, I know,
between your tongue and your eyes--a hole.
You don't want to go.
I think you mean you can't cut the company.
I think you mean you can't cut the 'caine.
I think you mean you can't make the rendezvous.
I think you mean you're erasing my name.
And while you're standing by, I know,
between your tongue and your eyes--a hole.
You don't want to go. You don't want to go.
No, babe, I didn't take your money
to fly out of this padded daylight.
I got enough here to last 'til christmas.
It's for the two of us. For the two of us.
I thought you meant your options were unlimited.
I thought you meant your mirror wouldn't shatter.
Who woulda thought you'd turn up spouting rhetoric?
Who woulda thought that it mattered?
And while I'm standing by, you know.
In the back of my mind--a hole.
I don't want to go. I don't want to go.
I don't wanna go.
© bill davie
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Ammunition
02:42
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The Concrete Tree
04:06
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Moneysense
03:16
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Falling Behind
03:10
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Alyce's Birthday
03:01
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Valley Of Wine
04:08
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This One
02:58
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King Of The Art
03:12
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Chicken Gumbo
03:02
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The Narrow Gate
03:37
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Father To Father
03:02
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Bill Davie Seattle, Washington
Bill Davie began playing and singing when he was three years old. He wrote his first song at age 11. He produced eight recordings of original songs, five self-published books of poetry, and continues to be an active writer and performer at clubs, coffeehouses, colleges, and concert halls in the Pacific Northwest. ... more
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