Baseball - Ozma

Take the train to Frankford I won't answer when they call I guess that's just my gift to myself Drank a lot and danced to The Cure Holding on for dear life To the frayed edge of a feeling we misplaced years ago And knowing we should really get back home Made mistakes The plants died young, like all good things But I wish my small self had known How much water to use Still some nights I find The ideas that bring me rest Are the ones that used to prod and pester and keep me up Swinging open doors I swore I'd shut Pouring pewter Amassing coins to displace debt to you My straight-line shooter Let me learn here I am in pursuit of all I can undo Entertain the cancer We all answer upwards either way The waiting game is tied again Backs of hands and phrases Misplaced gazes Things we still deny to selves and hesitate to talk about A call from high school two drinks in I smiled but you could not see Your tin can cell receiver Hummed its New York static song The lever pulled and all at once The floor was false The center seam divided Lace and well-pressed cotton Found the flood we'd since forgotten We still leave our shoes at the door Before we wring out our wet clothes Across your floor and future Stitch the gaps that destiny assumed With floral sutures Are you hiding or have I abandoned you? Let me learn here I am in pursuit Of all I can undo Of all I can undo

Pulled over at midday The joker's still wet behind the ears He hands off a novel of novice citations Outside the service station The glue sets beneath our heels My baby's in Massachusetts And all this booze is useless Sunset, sing my scratched-out sighing soul to sleep And the cashier here is ruthless Jeanette, I wrote your name down But I'd hate that job as much as you do If I was stuck between Barton and Binghamton too Days like this, I miss listening to records Making coffee together, snow globes and jersey sheets I tried sleeping in our bed without you last night That didn't work at all, 'cause I couldn't sleep Sometimes I wish it was still last summer And you still lived in South Philly And I wasn't playing a show in Nebraska, or Austin, Texas Asking the kids what they ate for breakfast But here I am, Valero bathroom Who's paid to keep these things cliché? Bury me beneath New York State It's the only place where I feel dead My baby's in Massachusetts And all this booze is useless Sunset, sing my scratched-out sighing soul to sleep And the cashier here is ruthless Jeanette, I wrote your name down But I'd hate that job as much as you do If I was stuck between Barton and Binghamton too

Oh, smack, there goes my baseball cap I'm on the floor, I think I took a bruise to my jaw, Jumped me from behind at least three, maybe four, I never see my hat no more. Oh, smash. There goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. 14 years old and hard to the core, I'm walking home making plans for war, My hands was cut, my uncle say 'what's up?' Let me guess, your clothes are in a mess, you're in distress, Sit down, take five and let me look at your knees, Your still alive son, please take it easy Sometimes you have to let the world know you're not bluffing, But enough is enough, don't lose your life over nothing, Scuffling in the street is no way to die, And I don't want to have to meet your mama's eye, So try and listen hard before you fall into the trap Of making war over a baseball cap. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. I sat back, had a think My uncle poured a drink I had a little cry, my eye started to blink 'Cause what occured from his word to me Sounds absurd, but I Heard the love in his voice for me I made a choice, It was like Snap, What's a cap when I got something real like that I can measure it, treasure it, and at my leisure Sit down with those who mean the most to me The baseball cap was a ghost, this is real to me "You got steel, son" My uncle's talkin' "Takes a champion to walk and keep walking" "Drink your drink, and let the words sink in, Say goodnight to your mom and think again" So I took my 14 years up to bed Everything he said taking root in my head I shed all my tears, and let my 14 years Relax. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back. Oh, smash, there goes my baseball cap, It's gone, gone, gone, gone, I can't get it back.

Deep inside my eye there is part of you You still look the same except you're grown up now So much time has passed since I saw you last An apple pie, the number pi, I studied you in math class And did all my work but never got your digits Take a number like 5, times 10, times 10 again 500 miles of apple orchards to defend Deep inside my core there is part of you You still look the same except you're upside down Why are you still in my eye? will your memory ever die? An apple tree, a family tree, we'll plant ours together And the roots will hold forever and forever What can I say? I won't delay, I'm leaving today 500 miles of apple orchards in my way A macintosh, a MacIntosh, you messaged me all winter And I wrote replies but still felt like a loser Pack an apple to eat, go hit the street, but get on your feet 500 miles of apple orchards 'til we meet So I'm taking a stand with apple in hand, I pull up my sleeve It's time that I make like an apple tree and leave

Chances last a finite time In the warm July night-time Every care that keeps you from your feet Is a care that carries your defeat You better let her rip tonight With a pocket full of kryptonite Every care that keeps you in your seat Is a care that carries your defeat Sing that song you sang long ago A heartbeat so sure and slow Hold me and don't let go The 14th domino 20 thousand points of light Sun by day, disco ball by night Every care that keeps you from the beat Is a care that carries your defeat Sing that song that I used to know The 14th black domino Hold me like long ago A heartbeat sure and slow Chances last a finite time In the warm July night-time Every care that keeps you from your feet Is a care that carries your defeat Chances last a finite time And you're running out of time

I finally feel at ease I'm on an eastern breeze It blows me into shore Come back to kiss my dear Come back to face my fears It can't be worse than war Unless you say that you gave your heart away (gave your heart away) Unless you say that I shouldn't have returned (shouldn't have returned) And in that case, I'll go Every night I see a shooting star I'm wondering if it's landing where you are If you can see it then you can't be far And if that's the way you do it That's the way you find your love The air is cold and thin I'm on my second wind It blows me to your door Lean into the bell and press You're in a brand new dress I've never seen before But then you say that you gave your heart away (I gave my heart away) And then you say that I shouldn't have returned (you shouldn't have returned) So I turn my face and go Every time I take a look around I find myself looking down To a place that's looking much more round I find myself looking down Every night I see a shooting star I'm wondering if it's landing where you are If you can see it then you can't be far And if that's the way you do it That's the way you find your love

I'd give my heart if you'd give your attention But when I look there's just an open trench, and baby I can't stand to see you, girl Showing off your silver party dress No, you can't come over now The house ain't neat, my room's a mess I'd give my heart to just be in contention But I sold it off at the baseball card convention I can't stand to see you, girl Rubbing motor oil on all your joints No, I ain't no straight A wiz But I could learn, that's not the point (I'll plot my points) I'd give my heart if I had one for giving I'd give my heart, your lips could keep me living I'd give my heart (I'd give my heart) and always be forgiving I'd give my heart (I'd give my heart) if I had one for giving

Of all the shooting stars I knew I never felt at ease with anyone but you Don't ever wonder where I go Remember that the grass still grows beneath the snow When everything around turns blue Just fall asleep and wake when it's all through There's battlescars on all my guitars but I still come out here and play And now I've lost your touch again I know I'm only one in 20, 000 men I promise not to let you go Just close your eyes and sleep right through the falling snow And when I finally wash ashore I'm coming back to kiss the girl I kissed before Of all the shooting stars I knew I never fell for anyone but you There's battlescars on all my guitars but I still come out here and play There's battlescars on my face and my arms but you still kiss me everyday There's battlescars on all my guitars but I still come out everyday There's battlescars on my face and my arms but you still kiss me anyway There's battlescars on all my guitars but I still come out here and play There's battlescars on my face and my arms but you still kiss me everyday There's battlescars on all my guitars but I still come out anyway There's battlescars on my face and my arms but you still kiss me anyway