I came word of mouth
Someone said in '95
I came tumbling out
All was well
I was alive but
Babe in bassinnet
Makes architecture shift uneasy
One whole town in the Midwest
Crumbled down my birthday evening

I read rubble like a palm or
Like a page of
Our Bodies Our Hells
I knew we were not satisfied
I knew we'd have to satisfy ourselves

So lend me your old river anyhow!
If I can't burn 'em down
Then I'll flood 'em out
This old thing of lumber
Was once my house
I've tried all the doors
But I'm not allowed.

{{Ain't it fun driving when you know the way?
Take me anywhere/do anything I know my place
Everything is fertile if you lick it right
And put it in your face}}

After a long time I'm ok.

Moved into a bigger bedroom
So I could hold myself
In more space alone I-
Never loved it here
But here's the only place I
Ever called home I
Don't wanna disabuse you now
But you know that you've
Got everything wrong

But you can't hear it from me anyway

I was growing up good
At least that's what my mom would say
I did just like I should
Now what'll they say of the love we make
And from that loving come to bloom
"Women" who refuse the moon! and
"Men" in fishnets and high-heeled shoes!
When I dream my dreams are huge!*
*When I dream my dreams are mine
When I dream my dreams are infantine!

So lend me your old river anyhow
If I can't burn 'em down
Then I'll flood 'em out
This whole thing of lumber
Was once my house
I've tried all the doors
But I'm not allowed