[00:03.46]She was a real royal lady, true patron of the arts
[00:10.29]Said the best country singers die in the back of classic cars
[00:16.98]So if I ever got too hungry for a suitcase or guitar
[00:23.57]To think of them, all alone in the dark
[00:31.12]So I laid some nights beside her in a bed made for a queen
[00:38.36]She said I kissed her different, that all the men her age were mean
[00:44.49]Gave me anything I wanted, oh, the generosity
[00:50.87]I took all that I could, it was free
[00:58.88]Now the sky is a torn up denim and the clouds just splattered paint
[01:04.74]It's a room I'm renovating, it's a name I got to change
[01:12.47]If I get out of California, I'm going back to my home state
[01:18.98]To tell them all that I made a mistake
[01:24.83]And I keep looking for that blindfold faith, lighting candles to a cynical saint
[01:32.16]Who wants the last laugh at the fly trapped in the windowsill tape
[01:37.49]You can go right out your mind trying to escape
[01:45.73]From the panicked paradox of day to day
[01:51.02]If you can't understand something, then it's best to be afraid
[02:08.39]The whole world, it loves you if you are a chic chameleon
[02:14.46]Intersecting circles, she could hang with anyone
[02:20.12]But when conducting business, she would lie about where she's from
[02:26.71]Saying, "Life is how it is, not how it was"
[02:35.16]I learned to listen, felt like I was back at school
[02:41.67]She'd talk forever about the phases of the moon
[02:47.68]Saying, "Everything's a cycle, you've got to let it come to you
[02:54.18]And when it does, you will know what to do"
[03:02.91]Without even knowing, I guess I took up her advice
[03:09.27]Painted her front door, it seemed a suitable goodbye
[03:16.02]It's not that often but I think of her sometimes
[03:22.17]Just something quaint, a couple ships in the night
[03:27.71]And they keep moving at a glacial pace, turning circles in a memory maze
[03:34.70]I made a new cast of the death mask that's gonna cover my face
[03:41.00]I had to change the combination to the safe
[03:47.52]Hide it all behind a wall, let people wait
[03:53.54]And never trust a heart that's so bent, it can't break
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