you
know and I know and thee know
that
as the yellow shade rips
as the cat leaps wild-eyed
as the old bartender leans on the wood
as the hummingbird sleeps
you know
and I know and thee know
as the
tanks practice on false battlefields
as your tires work the freeway
as the midget drunk on cheap bourbon cries alone at night
as the bulls are carefully bred for the matadors
as the grass watches you
and the trees watch you
as the sea holds creatures vast and true
you know
and I know and thee know
the sadness
and the glory of two slippers under a bed
the ballet of your heart dancing with your blood
young girls of love who will someday hate their mirrors
overtime in hell
lunch with sick salad
you know
and I know and thee know
the end
as we know it now it seems such a lousy trick
after the lousy agony but
you know
and I know and thee know
the joy
that sometimes comes along out of nowhere
rising like a falcon moon across the impossibility
you know
and I know and thee know
the cross-eyed
craziness of total elation
we know we finally have not been cheated
you know
and I know and thee know
as we
look at our hands our feet our lives our way
the sleeping hummingbird
the murdered dead of armies
the sun that eats you as you face it
you know
and I know and thee know
we will
defeat death. |