this song appeared as "Jack Rabbits" on the Brisbane setlist (1/16/10)-- combing through a recent (clear! hooray) recording, this is as accurate as i can guess:
"i was tired of being dumped
my face cracked like a joke
so i swung through here like a brace of jack rabbits
with their necks all broke
i stumbled at the door with my boot
and i knocked against the jamb
and i scrambled at your chest like a mute
with my fists of ham
trying to tell you that i am
telling you i can
i can
love you again
love you again
i'm squinting towards the East
my faith makes me a dope
but you can take my hand in the darkness, darlin'
like a length of rope
i shaped up overnight, you know
the day after she died
when i saw my heart
and i'll tell you, darlin', it was open wide
what with telling you i am
telling you i can
i can
love you again
love you again
and it can have no bounds, you know
it can have no end
you can take my hand in the darkness, darlin'
when you need a friend
and it can change in shape or form
but never change in size
see, the water, it runs deep, my darlin'
where it don't run wide
and a feather of a hawk was bound
bound around my neck
a poultice made of fig
the eager little vultures peck
and a verse i read in jest
in Matthew, spoke to me
said there's a flame that moves like a low-down pest
and says you will be free
only tell me that i can
tell me that i can
i can
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you again
love you"
this song appeared as "Jack Rabbits" on the Brisbane setlist (1/16/10)-- combing through a recent (clear! hooray) recording, this is as accurate as i can guess:
"i was tired of being dumped my face cracked like a joke so i swung through here like a brace of jack rabbits with their necks all broke i stumbled at the door with my boot and i knocked against the jamb and i scrambled at your chest like a mute with my fists of ham
trying to tell you that i am telling you i can i can love you again love you again
i'm squinting towards the East my faith makes me a dope but you can take my hand in the darkness, darlin' like a length of rope i shaped up overnight, you know the day after she died when i saw my heart and i'll tell you, darlin', it was open wide
what with telling you i am telling you i can i can love you again love you again
and it can have no bounds, you know it can have no end you can take my hand in the darkness, darlin' when you need a friend and it can change in shape or form but never change in size see, the water, it runs deep, my darlin' where it don't run wide and a feather of a hawk was bound bound around my neck a poultice made of fig the eager little vultures peck and a verse i read in jest in Matthew, spoke to me said there's a flame that moves like a low-down pest and says you will be free
only tell me that i can tell me that i can i can love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you again love you"