Jackalope Jig - Lo & the High Road

There's a mysterious animal I'm lookin' for They call it the jackalope It's got the body of a jackrabbit And the antlers of an antelope Some say they're fast, some say they're slow I've heard they're big, I've heard they're small Seems like no one can ever agree It's almost like they don't exist at all Ooooh Ooooh It's almost like they don't exist at all They're only seen between midnight and two On leap years, beneath a blue moon When it's hot on the tundra and snowin' in the desert On the thirty-first of June Well I've seen em in books, and taxidermy shops I've seen em hangin' on the wall But I ain't never seen one in the living light of day It's almost like they don't exist at all (Chorus) So when you're searchin' for the truth And you're at the end of your rope You might find you don't need no proof To believe in the thing that gives you hope And for me, that's the jackalope (Chorus)

I stood and watched my castle fall to dust Now I am queen of rubble and of rust First piece by piece then stone by stone My castle fell by you alone I left the gate wide open I thought I would fall When the castle fell And take the blame Thought I needed walls But I realize I needed them to break I watched you set the kingdom all ablaze Until my eyes were blinded by the haze Please let it burn and I will choke Inhaling honey'd clouds of smoke With matches in my pocket With matches in my pocket I thought I would fall When the castle fell And take the blame Thought I needed walls But I realize I needed them to break Maybe now that we have been shattered What remains is whatever mattered to me What's left for me Maybe now that we have been shattered What remains is whatever mattered to me What's left for me I am the queen of rocks and rust My castle fell and turned to dust I left the gate wide open I left the gate wide open I thought I would fall When the castle fell And take the blame Thought I needed walls But I realize I needed them to break

I breathed in the forest as I ran The scent of earth and pine trees on the wind At seven I could fly away She never seemed to make me stay She made me promise I'd come home Home again I was chasing fairies I remember Their silver dresses sparkled in the sun I saw them pass behind the trees Their voices singing "follow me" I'll catch them this time, see how fast Fast I run Then suddenly I realized that time had passed me by Someone took a paintbrush and put orange in the sky The wind will take me far away wherever I may go Remember though I promised her at night I would be home Street-lamps lit a shadow on the pavement Silent wings that circle 'round the light At seventeen I liked to say "She never could have made me stay" She made me promise I'd come home Home that night Then suddenly I realized that time had passed me by Someone took a paintbrush and put orange in the sky The wind will take me far away wherever I may go Remember though I promised her at night I would be home Then suddenly I realized that time had passed me by Someone took a paintbrush and put orange in the sky The wind will take me far away wherever I may go Remember though I promised her at night I would be home