The Sawdust

Today's a great day for a trip to South Carolina
We'll stay awake in the rain beating the shit out of each other
And when the day breaks we'll still be in the finer
Parts of the nation with the car that you flipped over

On the Sunday when the skateboard fell on gravel
You broke your collarbone, but didn't tell the doctor
Because you know his evil has come unraveled
He put the dog to sleep the last time that you walked her

Every wishing cowboy's death
Every dying cowboy's wish
Will come true and he'll be born
Back into the child he is

The only comfort for a crying girl is drinking
So slip a roofie into every town's water
But don't touch anyone, I don't know what you were thinking
Let them sleep and don't disturb your neighbor's daughter

Falling over with bottle-handed duct tape
You called your mother and sobbed apologetic
But you've failed in all regards and there is only one escape
To throw away all ties to anything genetic

Every insecurity I've ever held in my heart
Is coming back right now when all is going greatly
Your hands are the only things keeping me from fallin' apart
But anyway they're the only things that I've been feelin' lately

Finally I'm seein' that the highs were really the lows
And it's only now that I consciously have caught up
But it only occurs to me when my eyes are closed
Because when I open them they get hit with the sawdust!