Lions
in the street and roaming
Dogs
in heat, rabid, foaming
A
beast caged in the heart of a city
The
body of his mother
Rotting
in the summer ground.
He
fled the town.
He
went down South
And
crossed the border
Left
the chaos & disorder
Back
there
Over
his shoulder.
One
morning he awoke in a green hotel
With
a strange creature groaning beside him.
Sweat
oozed from its shiny skin.
Is
everybody in?
Is
everybody in?
Is
everybody in?
The
ceremony is about to begin.
Wake
up!
You
can't remember where it was.
Had
this dream stopped?
The
snake was pale gold glazed & shrunken.
We
were afraid to touch it.
The
sheets were hot dead prisons.
And
she was beside me, old,
She's,
no; young.
Her
dark red hair.
The
white soft skin.
Now,
run to the mirror in the bathroom,
Look!
She's
coming in here.
I
can't live through each slow century
Of
her moving.
I
let my cheek slide down
The
cool smooth tile
Feel
the good cold stinging blood.
The
smooth hissing snakes
Of
rain...
Once
I had a little game
I
liked to crawl back in my brain
I
think you know the game I mean
I
mean the game called "Go Insane"
Now
you should try this little game
Just
close your eyes forget your name
Forget
the world, forget the people
And
we'll erect a different steeple.
This
little game is fun to do.
Just
close your eyes, no way to lose
And
I'm right here, I'm going too
Release
control, we're breaking through
Way
back deep into the brain
Way
back past the realm of pain
Back
where there's never any rain
And
the rain falls gently on the town
And
over the heads of all of us
And
in the labyrinth of streams beneath
Quiet
unearthly presence of
Nervous
hill dwellers in the gentle hills around
Reptiles
abounding
Fossils,
caves, cool air heights
Each
house repeats a mold
Windows
rolled
A
beast car locked in against morning
All
now sleeping
Rugs
silent, mirrors vacant
Dust
blind under the beds of lawful couples
Wound
in sheets
And
daughters, smug with semen
Eyes
in their nipples
Wait!
There's been a slaughter here
Don't
stop to speak or look around
Your
gloves and fan are on the ground
We're
getting out of town
We're
going on the run
And
you're the one I want to come!
Not
to touch the earth, not to see the sun
Nothing
left to do but run, run, run
Let's
run, let's run
House
upon the hill, moon is lying still
Shadows
of the trees witnessing the wild breeze
Come
on, baby, run with me
Let's
run
Run
with me, run with me, run with me
Let's
run
The
mansion is warm at the top of the hill
Rich
are the rooms and the comforts there
Red
are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And
you won't know a thing till you get inside
Dead
president's corpse in the driver's car
The
engine runs on glue and tar
Come
on along, not going very far
To
the east to meet the Czar
Run
with me, run with me, run with me
Let's
run
Some
outlaws live by the side of a lake
The
minister's daughter's in love with the snake
Wake
up, girl! We're almost home
Sun,
sun, sun
Burn,
burn, burn
Moon,
moon, moon
I
will get you soon...soon...soon
I
am the Lizard King
I
can do anything
We
came down the rivers and highways
We
came down from forests and falls
We
came down from Carson and Springfield
We
came down from Phoenix enthralled
And
I can tell you the names of the kingdoms
I
can tell you the things that you know
Listening
for a fistful of silence
Climbing
valleys into the shade
For
seven years I dwelt in the loose palace of exile
Playing
strange games with the girls of the island
Now
I have come again to the land of the fair
And
the strong and the wise
Brothers
and sisters of the pale forest
Children
of night
Who
among you will run with the hunt?
Now
night arrives with her purple legion
Retire
now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow
we enter the town of my birth
I
want to be ready.