Baby Ray

Thing Called Springtime

Baby Ray


There's a Ten Ton Octopus lying on the floor 
Says "who you calling octopus?" sinks and sleeps some more 
He's a sedimental octopus, heavy on my brain 
Oh the Ten Ton Octopus is driving me insane 
Now, the 'Pus, he's got three keys for every limb 
He says they keep things open, but man, they weigh down on him 
He was a jingle jangle octopus, but winter stole the door 
Doesn't think he matters anymore! Owwwowwwbububbubbubbbbowww! 
Now this Thing Called Springtime, thinks that it's a rose 
Nuzzles up to the Octopus and bubbles up his nose 
And the Ten Ton Octopus rises up and grows 
He swells out great big waves to crash the shore 
He repeats, "I don't matter anymore!" 
And he sinks back to the ocean floor 
But the Thing Called Springtime yanks him back again 
Joins him in my brain 
Now this Thing Called Springtime's driving me insane

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Excellent liar 
Shine like a cup of wire 
Take me out & fool me into the morning 
Sun going down 
You'll simply turn around 
& fool me into thinking this is the morning 
one last look is no last look is no last look at all 
Paint me a scene 
rooftops & plasticine 
to fool me into seeing what I've got eyes for 
excellent luck 
stained by the gray that stuck 
your fingernails can feel the trace I've no eyes for 
something gets forgotten that's what the lie's for 
take me out to steal the pink of the moon 
You can not shatter 
you deal with supple matter 
that warms to the hand 
I am not supple 
until you keep me warm 
for a couple days unshaped but displaced 
by your copper rays 
So you you see 
nothing but wires in me 
we'll take them out & shape them into the morning 
yeah, we'll lay them out & read the sign of a warning 
in the coppery liar 
plasticine veined with wire 
wake me up, we'll drink a cup in the morning 
dropping off to see me without a warning 
drop me off below the light of the moon