Ode 88
from Culture of Self by Dan Jacob Wallace
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lyrics
starlight reaching through the night
zigzag smile kissing me goodnight
scrap heap wings and rusted strings obey
the laws of harmony, summertime’s a young man’s fling
sunlight racing after me
learn to fight foes i’ll never meet
look at him play martian hymns about
a life of innocence, summertime’s a young man’s whim
i’ll give you all we have for just a little piece of you
i’ll keep it clean and warm, i’ll give it back when i am through
a little bitty piece would do, i know you’d do it for me too
smokin’ their lucky reds and dressed up like silhouettes
they look good, only they won’t get to fill the hole inside
the never-ending appetite
tokin’ their tight roulettes and playing with twin brunettes
they’ll look good till the bitter end, they watch the time go by
they don’t get a reason or a why
sometimes when i’m all alone
i think of life back when i was young
’88 was so great, i thought it would not ever end
summertime’s a young man’s whim
i’ll give you all we have for just a little bit of you
i’ll keep it clean and warm, i’ll give it back when i am through
a little bit of you would do, i hope you’d do it for me too
help us to understand and help us to rock the band
yeah help us to give a damn before we are too late
we don’t wanna’ miss another day
turn us into shooting stars then teach us how to play the parts
then take us to a place that’s far away from where we are
tell us who to be and who we are
zigzag smile kissing me goodnight
scrap heap wings and rusted strings obey
the laws of harmony, summertime’s a young man’s fling
sunlight racing after me
learn to fight foes i’ll never meet
look at him play martian hymns about
a life of innocence, summertime’s a young man’s whim
i’ll give you all we have for just a little piece of you
i’ll keep it clean and warm, i’ll give it back when i am through
a little bitty piece would do, i know you’d do it for me too
smokin’ their lucky reds and dressed up like silhouettes
they look good, only they won’t get to fill the hole inside
the never-ending appetite
tokin’ their tight roulettes and playing with twin brunettes
they’ll look good till the bitter end, they watch the time go by
they don’t get a reason or a why
sometimes when i’m all alone
i think of life back when i was young
’88 was so great, i thought it would not ever end
summertime’s a young man’s whim
i’ll give you all we have for just a little bit of you
i’ll keep it clean and warm, i’ll give it back when i am through
a little bit of you would do, i hope you’d do it for me too
help us to understand and help us to rock the band
yeah help us to give a damn before we are too late
we don’t wanna’ miss another day
turn us into shooting stars then teach us how to play the parts
then take us to a place that’s far away from where we are
tell us who to be and who we are
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from Culture of Self,
released June 10, 2007
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Dan Jacob Wallace Chicago, Illinois
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