Carbon Leaf

Message to Me

Carbon Leaf


Where, oh, where is that little child that used to play? 
Another turning of the page, another churning of the day 
Are you tired of the same? To much flower dulls the brain 
(your rhyming's stale again) 
I was hoping to be wise. Vision is two realeyes 
I've read a lot of How-To books on how to take action 
(If you would kindly lift the blanket from my eyes) 
Appalachian woman is a century plus old 
Is there something to be said here? Hope you 
Realize 
Few and Far between are these rocks to hop 
So set up shop and get to work 
No such thing as a living room 
When you sit around. 
Streaked a frozen lake just to test testosterone 
Message to me (did a world of good) 
Lost eleven pounds to the tracks in Ireland 
Never bet on the likes of a horse named 
Robin Hood 
I would give anything to visit History. 
Anything to replant History 
Oh, to dig for parts of me 
Stem to branch-trunk-seed 
Caught the theme of just what life's to be 
The specters speculate 
With their pounding on my head 
They're rattling my bed 
The slumber sucks you in 
I didn't hear from you 
And you and you on my birthday 
Message to me? (I'm quite the same way) 
Building new boats instead of Raising Titanics 
What am I trying to say? 
We swim or die. We sink or burn 
We try and fail (but try) 
This message sent to me is that 
This picture ain't complete 
Run along, live. Don't sit around