Supersede - Jackie Greene

[00:00.00]Supersede
[00:16.80]Cookie cried for three days, until she couldn’t cry no more
[00:24.60]she ate the fridge, jumped the bridge and wound up bloated on the shore
[00:32.79]The children they all pointed at another painted score
[00:40.98]and somebody asked: “can I take a picture?”
[00:48.84]Well the heat down here is brutal, it’s hard to do what’s right
[00:57.30]the locals shout that you won’t burn out if you don’t ever shine too bright
[01:04.98]and I wish I was in your back pocket or in your bed tonight
[01:13.71]I wish that i was loud so you could hear me
[01:21.90]but oh, no
[01:26.01]what else must I be?
[01:28.83]it ’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
[01:37.41]that I need you, honey I need you
[01:42.27]there ain’t nobody who could supersede you
[01:46.29]we’re not such strangers, so honey I need you right now
[01:54.15]Now all the streets are paved with petals, the parade is coming through
[02:02.64]it kind of feels like royalty cause’ everyone’s in blue
[02:10.62]and yellow flowers falling, from a window too
[02:19.08]falling to the feet of such a coward
[02:27.09]The mayor is kissing babies, he’s almost way too kind
[02:35.07]we’re filled to the brim with honest men, they’re just way too hard to find
[02:42.75]so stare into his Public Eyes and watch his clock unwind
[02:51.21]then find him old and drowning in the deep end
[02:59.37]but oh, now
[03:03.42]what else must I see?
[03:06.15]It’ s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
[03:14.52]that I need you, honey I need you
[03:19.53]there ain’t nobody who could supersede you
[03:23.52]we’re not such strangers so honey i need you right now
[03:31.41]You see, I long for a hickory morning with a waltz and trumpet flare
[03:39.75]i’m doing my best to recover from what time cannot repair
[03:47.16]and i’m sick of all this solitude and pre-rehearsed despair
[03:55.80]my eyes are a hundred miles away from sleeping
[04:03.45]Well I wish you’d write a letter, or telephone to me
[04:11.97]this place is dark and there ain’t a spark of who I used to be
[04:19.65]so the sick hearts of the unloved tell the brave souls of the sea:
[04:27.03]“ we’re all closed up, why don’t you come back when we’re open.”
[04:35.91]but oh, no
[04:40.02]what else must I be?
[04:44.04]it’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
[04:51.24]that I need you, honey I need you
[04:56.07]there ain’t nobody who could supersede you
[05:00.06]we’re not such strangers so honey I need you right now
[05:07.86]There’s a cracked and pale mirror, hanging on my wall
[05:16.14]the church bell rings and the choir sings and I can hear it from the hall
[05:23.73]Now you might not believe it, but there was no fire at all
[05:32.10]we just danced for seven days wishing for water
[05:36.99]Maria tells the fortunes, they line around the bend
[05:48.18]a dollar for your problems, and five to know the end
[05:55.68]They come from miles around; like a pack of howling men
[06:04.11]I wonder what she does with all that money
[06:12.18]but oh, now
[06:16.20]what else must i be?
[06:20.16]it’s all inside my head i guess, but it just reminds me
[06:27.24]that I need you, honey I need you
[06:32.22]there ain’t nobody who could supersede you
[06:36.21]we’re not such strangers, so honey I need you right now
[06:44.34]Simple sidewalk painter, says his life is such a bore
[06:52.35]spends his time with a jug of wine and a palette on the floor
[06:59.64]he screams: “Heaven! Take my eyes, cause I can’t paint no more.”
[07:07.92]Honey, sometimes I feel just like his colors
[07:15.48]I’m gonna go down to the ocean, I want to fill my boots with sand
[07:23.01]so the next time that you see me, I’ll be a much more grounded man
[07:31.47]So go and do whatever it is you do and I’ll do what I can
[07:39.84]and when we meet again you can try to know me
[07:48.03]oh hey,
[07:51.69]what else must I be?
[07:55.62]it’s all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
[08:02.79]that I need you, honey I need you
[08:07.50]there ain’t nobody who could supersede you
[08:11.46]we’re not such strangers so honey I need you right now
[08:35.37]they call me pessimistic, but it occured to me
[08:43.20]that babies are all born crying and dying is never free
[08:50.43]But I still can’t shake that feeling, that Somebody’s watching me....
[08:58.92]I just thought that I would tell you