Eagle on a Pole

Saw an eagle on a pole

I think it was an eagle

Watched its' shadow fly 'cross the cement

And I woke up in the snow

all the trees and crowds and people

No shirt no shoes no idea where they went

I followed the fenceline thin

back where the yard begins

My woman she stood crying like a man

Said where have you been?

Where have you been?

I thought you said that all of that was done

El Cielo es azul

Just don't go telling anyone

Thought the kettle was a train

Thought that Monday was a doorframe

Tried so hard to finally settle down

Heard the fire pop and snap

Like a tack piano rag

I never could get used to happy sounds

Yeah I hope the world's exposed

A cruel and elaborate hoax

It convinces me to walk without a cane

But what can you do?

Child what can you do?

I always heard that what is done is done

El Cielo es azul

Just don't go telling anyone

The past don't ever quit

There's boxes in the attic

Baby shoes and taxidermy dream

While the ashes of the dead like a dandelion head

explode and then are scattered by the breeze

We're such a long way back to all the fun that we had

When nothing ever seemed to bother me

But what can you do?

Brother what can you do?

Sleep with the stars and toil in the sun

El Cielo es azul

Just don't go telling anyone

El Cielo es azul

Just don't go telling anyone