I'm going out walking
Down a long steel blade
To try and make sense of it all
Laughing at the future
And the mess that I made
When there's really only one way to fall
When you left I was standing
With a fork in my fist
And a pancake on top of my head
With my chin in the gutter
And my nose in the air
When I look back, I wish I'd made eggs
Please marry me
Won't you come back to me
The house is gone
But the children run free
Everybody here knows them
By their first names
And I can't tell you how long it's been
The day that you left
I looked out on the grass
For a sweet honey trail
Like a bee leaves
But there was just a gum wrapper
Some shot shells and glass
And all of the clovers had three leaves
So I saddled my pony
And I rode into town
To get help from the police department
But they just impounded Vixen
Took all of my clothes
And gave me a real small apartment
Please marry me
Won't you come back to me
The house is gone
But the children run free
And everybody here knows them
By their first names
And I can't tell you how long it's been
I sit at my window
And look at the stars
And I wonder whose heaven you're under
I bet your on a tall ship
Somewhere real far
So full of resentment and wonder
If there's only one thing
You can send back to me
Just get yourself a big brown box
Put your right foot in
Put your left foot in
You don't even have to wear socks
Please marry me
Won't you come back to me
The house is gone
But the children run free
Everybody here knows them
By their first names
And I can't tell you how long it's been
(Red-eyed Vireo)