John Allyn Smith Sails (Demo)

By the second verse, dear friends
My head will burst, my life will end
So, I'd like to start this one off by singing
"Live and love"
I was young and at home in bed
And I was hanging on the words some poem said
In '31
I was impressionable
I was up-settable
I tried to make my breathing stop or my heart beat slow
So, when my mom and John came in, I would be cold
From a bridge on Washington Avenue, the year of 1972
Broke my bones and skull and it was memorable
It was half a second in, I was halfway down
Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
And at the funeral, the University
Cried at three poems they'd present in place of a broken me
I was up to my eyes in the old drug
At the Brass Rail, a fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out and his balls removed
And I knew that my last lines were gone while stupidly I lingered on
Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
And so I should, too
And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
My friends, I'm gone
Well, I hear my father fall
And I hear my mother call
And I hear the others all whispering, "Come home"
I'm sorry to go
I loved you all so
But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
So, hoist up the John B. sail
See how the main sail sets
I've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go home
With a book in my hand
In the way I had planned
Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
Hoist up the John B. sail
See how the main sail sets
I'm full in my heart and my head and I wanna go home
With a book in my hand
In the way I had planned
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna go home