dirtdustdreamrust

go now, little one, down the road it could only

go somewhere, little one, go

there's many a path near this road, little one you will go
far away from your home, you will go


summer air in the city streets
the years rush backwards, even then
the sun shone stronger, i swear
same time same space but a different when
all the trees looked the same in the backseat

the dirt rises behind my head, i
have stopped looking for it.

the way shadows fall in the morning light
splitting your dreams into fairies into dust
shaking them out of your hair as you move
time will solidify and time will rust and
ripple
upwards and out of the night

the earth forms inside my head, i
am a vessel for it.

and the most attractive people are the wrong way 'round
and the city turns to dirt it turns the brightness down
you keep a-tickin' but the tockin' is what's got you now
when the tension goes, all the cogs will break
and you be left down on the cold ground
you be left down

oh, down to the path on the way to the river on the way to the road to the oceanside
i took a little pity on a dyin' horse in the middle of the one-horse town
and i lied
to the people
to the clocks and the alleys and the broken nights

and the dirtdustdreamrust washes off
once the rain starts a-rainin' down so hard
it'll wear you smooth if you stand out here too long

and the dirtdustdreamrust will dissolve
once the salt starts stingin' in your eyes
it'll take you home if you need to go


now, little one, down the road it could only
go somewhere, little one, go

there's many a path near this road, little one you will go
far away from your home, you will go