“blanket on the wall”
(from DAMN MONSTERS)

she’s a real thick brit with an accent that matches
watch her skimp dress split as she bats her eyelashes
your madonnas a medusa when she’s pouring you a single malt
playin w your gear shift pretty soon ur gonna stall.

i been hurtin hard like the wrath of the recession
i tumble into circumstance, this is depression
imma grown man kickin like a two year old baby
and i wanna stop the bleeding but i dont have any bandaids.

blanket on the wall keeps me dreamin
keeps the screams in
i keep writing but im fighting
and the blanket on the wall keeps the light out til it’s bright out
then i walk outside unless its right now.

Its a hairpin turn down to hatfield road
with your mind drawn in the quicksand
its time that you unload
the birthday party boyfriend just cant cut the mustard
but she puts her fingers to your lips tells you just to trust her 

i say no no no i cant take you to my mother
you wont listen when your silent
you hate the wrath of others
i say no no no i am spinning plates of whiskey
and i’m running down a dream
tom petty’s gonna get me

blanket on the wall keeps me dreamin
keeps the screams in
i keep writing but im fighting
and the blanket on the wall keeps the light out til it’s bright out
then i walk outside unless its right now.

when the rain stops pouring there is light under the cover
the puddles on the sidewalk retreat into each other
the labelmaker magazine is full of contradiction
it is either time or timeout, either fact or fiction

and I got a pin from a friend he says i’ll see you in the summer.
but I got too many plans man I’ll disappoint you brother.
i bum a cigarette from a kid out by the heater
and he tells me it’s okay but I cry into the theater

i say no no no i have little left to offer
i can gove you good advice but it wont fill up your coffer
i say no no no give me one more cup of coffee
and i’ll climb up the mountain if these insects will get off me.

blanket on the wall keeps me dreamin
keeps the screams in
i keep writing but im fighting
and the blanket on the wall keeps the light out til it’s bright out
then i walk outside unless its right now.

she’s a hurricane hate quake, lysistrata backbreak
keep your appearances the girl is gonna kill you
she’s a tarantella wombat, thunder like a lion
if you need a place to sleep theres a bordello on the bayou

blanket on the wall keeps me dreamin
keeps the screams in
i keep writing but im fighting
and the blanket on the wall keeps the light out til it’s bright out
then i walk outside unless its right now.