Walking Without Frankie

Throttling, hurtling- just going, going.
And hurting, knowing
That it's gone, and it's going.
And not knowing where- in the ground or in the air,
Up the golden stare (or whatever)-
It's going.
I stop by the Lake of the Strangled Crane.
It was the color of copper.
I saw the crane operator.
I heard the operator's father
Say, "It looks like rain."
And I had the operation
Because he said he was a doctor,
And I was in pain.
Freedom or whatever
Whatever you call it
It's a stairway or a slow ride
It's "Rhiannon" or "Landslide."
I heard the bartender died
Of a broken heart,
And a shattered pelvis,
And was buried in Kansas.
It was part of a promotion.
They were trying to undermine
The confidence of the consumer
The confidence of the consumer
The confidence of the consumer
The confidence of the consumer
The confidence
I saw a beautiful drummer
In the web of a spider
And I wanted to save him
I saw a little boy in serious danger
Of getting older,
And he was trapped sitting shotgun
In a Cutlass Cruiser.
When I'm on the street,
Something's singing in my ear,
And I hear the little voice all thumpthumpthumpthumpthumping in my chest.
And I feel the hummingbird-fast heart in there whirring like mad
Got a spirit feeling swimming around my head
And I haven't even had any cocaine yet.
And I don't even want any though,
I bet. It's like some kind of sentence
That passes between us
That someone else said.
But that someone else said
But that someone else said
I last saw you, Frankie, walking through that New Hampshire dew.
And when you shot five thousand feet up into the grey sky,
What could I do?
Now I'll bet you're in space,
Write me or whatever.
I feel so far away.
Like I'm an old typewriter,
Out on the storeroom floor.
Like I'm The Last Starfighter and they forgot the war.
And they burned my trailer
And they're on my tail.
And I'm out on tour.
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie
I want Frankie, I want Frankie, I want Frankie