Straw Dogs Follow

It never was something I’d thought of
How on the broken days, I’d get by with what you’d say
But now that I’ve stared into the silence
I feel your words coming back to me, like when I’d drown in worry

And you would hold out a phrase like, “Come lay on me,
And we’ll stay the fire down”
Well I’ve been struggling along since you’ve been gone
And I hear you now
You keep talking of changing, but somehow

All the things you used to say, still sound good to me
All the things you used to say, still sound good to me
You sound good to me

And now I sober my face
In Layer Fountain on Saturn Park
I’m back on a cooling day
While the dogs and you play
But here you are, and all your same colors flow
In that long dress from Mexico, we took forever buying

When you kept pulling away, saying we’d do better
If we laid the money down
And he was sold on you, like I was so long, sure that
The words won’t change
I’m still walking the places that we’ve been

You’d keep on thinking what you hoped was true
And lose your way when you wanted to
You told me good things are born of time
And I still hold this belief as mine

So would you please just come lay on me
And we’ll wear each other out
If there’s a better day to make you fall my way
Then I’ll meet you there
I’m not leaving again now that I’m where