Jandek - Shadow Of Leaves lyrics

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You got your swiveling chair

You can turn all about

You got your tickers ticking

Tock-tock, tick-tock

Just take away the deadwood

Let it all grow green

Put some silk under you

Or it could be wool

I can call a light fixture man

To put in the lights

As long as you hang around

I'm not going anywhere

I'll put out the thoughts

And we'll look at them

We'll study the structure

And we'll draw a conclusion

And we'll make up our minds

And we'll talk about it

And you can spend some time

In front of me

Because I broke through a window

And I'm here on top of you

We're havin' our best time

Just yes it too gloriously (?)

You walk on my platform

You can take the rest of me

I'm fixed with you now

It's some kind of an eternity

But I'm lasting forever

I can't shake loose

But I broke through the spell

Now I got lucidity

And I'm clear as glass rainbow

And the shadow of leaves

We're walking down the street

Now it's a hundred degrees

And I'm freezing on Mount Everest

I got back in my dream

And I'm dreaming forever

Woo, I'm awake

I'm sleeping in the wake time

I'm awake in my sleep

I got my fingers wet

There was a lot of rain

It was pouring bottles

And those cold bottles

Got my fingers wet

But I'll bet the glass you got

Puts a liquid in you

And then you're fluid

I got me my mechanical produced beverage

I know my liquids

I guess I'll duck in from the storm

And I'll let those bottles crash down in the street

The streets of mercy

Smashing all those bottles

On the pavement in the rain

I won't drive my car for the rest of the day

I'll think about breathing

And watch the air rustle about

Bye-bye, you Sunday

It's not a mile I made you

You just appeared in time for me

You walked into my horizon

You never left my sight

You just became a lot of other things

I got my reason for just where I am

I'm thankful of the walk I had

You told me you would never end

But I made you from the earth

Except I jumped and didn't come back

Hey, look at all the things gone by

It's a stream of consciousness

Except of course those green plants

Are they really really real

Hey your hair, even if it's white

I'll get it back dark again

Listen to me please, sit over here

I never felt this way

And lived to say “I'm gone” to you

I no longer exist, I'm on a planet

But I keep thinking about time

And I frequent your grave, life

And you frequent mine

And we're here together

There ain't no better place to be

I'll write your ticket

And you can't talk about me

You can say my name now

You know you got me listening

I can go the night now

This place is sparkling

And I'm all fresh and new

I got you in my world

And I feel my body inside of my clothes

I got inner presences

I am all around

Achieved my task

Now I'm waiting for you

To share the spaces that we traversed in this life

So, if it's heaven

I wouldn't want it any other way