Topic

2000s

A collection of 12 issues

Baby Python

When you meet me, I'll surprise you In your garden, on your pillow You will wrap me all around you 'round your shoulders, down your wrists I'm a baby python, baby, my love is pure When we're older, you'll be calmer Won't be nervous, won't be tense When I whisper

Owl, Owl

Luke is a little boy He has a business card It says he'll sell you some real estate If you can show him that you have a good credit score Luke is a little boy He has the longest hair Of anyone in this house He'll tell you he's going

Raining Gravel

Who did you think you are? Wishing up on every shooting star When that didn't work you started wishing on space junk Anything that streaked across your sky What did you think you'd get? Dancing for rain on a minaret Then you start complaining when it's raining gravel You and

The Girl with the Shoulderblade Tattoo

There she goes The girl with the funny nose That's always buried in a book You haven't given her that second look And you say A girl has got to have that certain sway The kind that makes you kind of weak You're looking for the sunshine on top of

Lullaby in Overdrive

My baby's girlfriend Zora has an island house Halfway between Havana and Fort Lauderdale[1] She sends an airplane and a rocket and a bus To bring her playgroup over for her crazy baby games By two they're drinking coffee, Eating sushi long before they're five These babies won't stop

Martin's Song

When you passed me around the campfire last night I felt so alive I hoped I'd never go inside that hardshell case again When Tim played his song, I felt some sort of California high Like I was playing rhythm at the Harvest sessions only for a moment This is

Metaphor

There is no metaphor for our love It's not a highway, no one else gets on or off There is no metaphor for our love It's not the weather, it don't take no big computer to predict There is no metaphor for our love It's not a journey, every journey

Girl Gone Wild

The girl's gone wild, the neighbors say She climbs the trees when I'm not looking She must be trapped under the influence of something so strong[1] And I'll be damned if I can find it The neighbors look at me as if there's something I should do "The girl's

Creator

When you hear a song in your new friend's room, does it start on a chord that sounds minor to you? That's how you tell it's an important song When you hear a song in your girlfriend's room, does it mention a president or Sultans of Swing?[1] That's how

All Of The Above

I've never been stung by a bee[1] Never had a skunk turn tail and threaten me But I would go to the woods with you If we startle a moose I'll feed him chocolate brownies while You negotitate the truce We'll be kings of the woods, Me and you