Waiting for the lozenge to clear yer throat So you can stand up and say all the words you wrote All along the fences, all along the lines Yer gumption's fading and the honeysuckle's dyin' Honeysuckle's dyin' and the birds all cry Rain around the houses, rain around the limbs Everything yer hating is everything you been So pass around the roses, shiny up the bell How dry I once was there ain't no tung can tell Twist another ashbone, make it phat and loose Apply the isopropyl and play that ol' gray goose All along the fences, all along the lines Yer gumption's fading and the honeysuckle's dyin' Honeysuckle's dyin' and the birds all cry