[Intro]
     


[Verse 1]
             
So tired tryin

            
g to see from 

            
behind the red

 in my eyes
             
No better vers

            
ion of me I co

            
uld pretend to

 be tonight
             
So deep in thi

            
s swill with t

           
he most famili

ar of swine
            
For reasons wr

        
etched and div

ine

             
She blows outt

            
a nowhere, rom

    
an candle of t

he wild
           
Laughing away 

              
through my fee

      
ble disguise
             
No other versi

            
on of me I wou

          
ld rather be t

onight.
            
And, Lord, she

           
 found me just

 in time


[Pre-Chorus]
              
Cause with my 

            
mid-youth cris

         
is all said an

d done
              
I need to be y

            
outhfully felt

              
 'cause, God, 

           
I never felt y

 
oung


[Chorus]
             
She's gonna sa

            
ve me, call me

   
 "baby"
              
Run her hands 

              
through my hai

    
r
             
She'll know me

            
 crazy, soothe

     
 me daily
              
Better yet, sh

              
e wouldn't car

   
e
             
We'll steal he

            
r Lexus, be de

     
tectives
              
Ride 'round pi

                 
cking up clues
             
We'll name our

            
 children, Jac

         
kie and Wilson
N.C.
Raise 'em on rhythm and blues


[Verse 2]
             
Lord, it'd be 

            
great to find 

              
a place we cou

     
ld escape some

time
           
Me and my Isis

              
 growing black

   
 irises in the

 sunshine
             
Every version 

            
of me dead and

              
 buried in the

   
 yard outside
            
Sit back and w

              
atch the world

 
 go by


[Pre-Chorus]
             
Happy to lie b

            
ack watch it b


urn and rust
            
We tried the w

             
orld, good God

           
, it wasn't fo

  
r us


[Chorus]
             
She's gonna sa

            
ve me, call me

   
 "baby"
              
Run her hands 

              
through my hai

    
r
             
She'll know me

            
 crazy, soothe

     
 me daily
              
Better yet, sh

              
e wouldn't car

   
e
             
We'll steal he

            
r Lexus, be de

     
tectives
              
Ride 'round pi

                 
cking up clues
             
We'll name our

            
 children, Jac

         
kie and Wilson
N.C.
Raise 'em on rhythm and blues


[Instrumental]
             


[Bridge]
             
Cut clean from

            
 the dream tha

              
t night, let m

    
y mind reset
             
Looking up fro

            
m a cigarette,

             
 and she's alr

eady left
             
I start diggin

            
g up the yard 

              
for what's lef

             
t of me and ou

r little vigne

tte
            
For whatever p

             
oor soul is co

ming next


[Chorus]
             
She's gonna sa

            
ve me, call me

   
 "baby"
              
Run her hands 

              
through my hai

    
r
             
She'll know me

            
 crazy, soothe

     
 me daily
              
Better yet, sh

              
e wouldn't car

   
e
             
We'll steal he

            
r Lexus, be de

     
tectives
              
Ride 'round pi

                 
cking up clues
             
We'll name our

            
 children, Jac

         
kie and Wilson
N.C.
Raise 'em on rhythm and blues