Country Girl

Threading the skyway, checking out my speed
I passed the casino and the burning steel beach
I felt a panic, I was on the edge
I'm from the country, girl, I love to wake the dead

Got to the city, bought a heart-shaped key and
Slept through the screening, but I bought the DVD
I stayed up late for the satanic service
Three fucking weddings and a birthday, holy shit

When I saw the shadow of the boy with wings, I
Swear I could tell that you were pulling on the strings
Turning the screw I waited on the stairs, and
Stood there for ages but I guess no one was there

Took a walk around the haunted halls, and
Stared at the flora and the blood smeared on the walls
Met a man who said he loved too deeply
His name was Johnny Five and he looked just like me

Johnny likes Crooked Rain
Johnny had the strangest day
Push the Sky Away
Johnny can't stay in shape

Johnny was a stupid kid
With bite marks on his lips
Beautiful, young and free
Funny and just like me

I got off work and went to see a movie
Starring Kurt Russell at the Logan, Halloween
And John Carpenter's The Fog with Jamie
Jamie Lee Curtis and the Nightmare on Elm Street

Michael Myers was an Illinois kid
So he's a country boy, and I'm his country queen
But Halloween was filmed in California
And Laurie Strode has never been to Venice Beach

Unlike me, she can't dream
Laurie doesn't get to leave
The sunshine and palm trees
Haddonfield, Hallow's Eve

Back home on Broadway, everything moves slowly
My mother always tried to make her family proud
Talked to my sister and we drove through Holly
The church is silent 'cause the parish house burned down

Drove out to commerce, where we watched the sunset
On Union Lake and then we smoked all George's weed
Everyone's always trying to do small town shit
We hit the liquor store and went to KFC

And when I went to bed
I pondered what the shadow said
Six is the holy hand
Seven is the circle's end

Three is the lucky son
Two the opposition
Four is a laughing death
Four and four, eight