Supersede

Supersede - Jackie Greene

Cookie cried for three days

Until she couldn't cry no more

She ate the fridge

Jumped the bridge

And wound up bloated on the shore

The children they all pointed at

Another painted score

And somebody asked:

“can I take a picture ”

Well the heat down here is brutal

It's hard to do what's right

The locals shout

That you won't burn out

If you don't ever shine too bright

And I wish

I was in your back pocket

Or in your bed tonight

I wish that i was loud

So you could hear me

Oh no

What else must I be

It's all inside my head

I guess but it just reminds me

That I need you

Honey I need you

There ain't nobody

Who could supersede you

We're not such strangers

So honey I need you right now

Now all the streets are paved with petals

The parade is coming through

It kind of feels like royalty cause'

Everyone's in blue

And yellow flowers falling

From a window too

Falling to the feet of such a coward

The mayor is kissing babies

He's almost way too kind

We're filled to the brim with honest men

They're just way too hard to find

So stare into his Public Eyes

And watch his clock unwind

Then find him old

And drowning in the deep end

Oh now

What else must I see

It's all inside my head

I guess but it just reminds me

That I need you

Honey I need you

There ain't nobody

Who could supersede you

We're not such strangers

So honey i need you right now

You see I long for a hickory morning

With a waltz and trumpet flare

I'm doing my best to recover

From what time cannot repair

And i'm sick of all this solitude

And pre-rehearsed despair

My eyes are a hundred miles away from sleeping

Well I wish you'd write a letter

Or telephone to me

This place is dark and there ain't

A spark of who I used to be

So the sick hearts of the unloved

Tell the brave souls of the sea:

“we're all closed up

Why don't you come back when we're open ”

Oh no

What else must I be

It's all inside my head

I guess but it just reminds me

That I need you honey I need you

There ain't nobody

Who could supersede you

We're not such strangers

So honey I need you right now

There's a cracked and pale mirror

Hanging on my wall

The church bell rings and the choir sings

And I can hear it from the hall

Now you might not believe it

But there was no fire at all

We just danced

For seven days wishing for water

Maria tells the fortunes

They line around the bend

A dollar for your problems

And five to know the end

They come from miles around;

Just like a pack of howling men

I wonder what she does with all that money

Oh now

What else must i be

It's all inside my head i guess

But it just reminds me

That I need you honey I need you

There ain't nobody

Who could supersede you

We're not such strangers

So honey I need you right now

Simple sidewalk painter

Says his life is such a bore

Spends his time with a jug of wine

And a palette on the floor

He screams: “Heaven Take my eyes

Cause I can't paint no more ”

Honey sometimes

I feel just like his colors

I'm gonna go down to the ocean

I gonna to fill my boots with sand

So the next time that you see me

I'll be a much more grounded man

So go and do whatever it is you do

And I'll do what I can

And when we meet again

You can try to know me

Oh no

What else must I be

It's all inside my head

I guess but it just reminds me

That I need you honey I need you

There ain't nobody

Who could supersede you

We're not such strangers

So honey I need you right now

They call me pessimistic

But it occured to me

That babies are all born crying

And dying is never free

But I still can't shake that feeling

That Somebody's watching me

I just thought that I would tell you