Electricity

[Verse 1]

The minus is loveless, he talks to the land

And the leaves fall and the pond over-ices

She don't know the system, plus, she don't understand

She's got all the wrong fuses and splices

She's not going to fix it up too easy

[Verse 2]

The masking tape tangles, it's sticky and black

And the copper proud-headed Queen Lizzie

Conducts little charges that don't get charged back

Well, the technical manual's busy

She's not going to fix it up too easy

[Chorus 1]

And she holds out her flashlight and she shines it on me

She wants me to tell her what the trouble might be

Well I'm learning, it's peaceful, with a good dog and some trees

Out of touch with the breakdown of this century

They're not going to fix it up too easy

[Verse 3]

We once loved-together and we floodlit that time

Input-output-electricity

But the lines overloaded and the sparks started flying

And the loose wires were lashing out at me

She's not going to fix that up too easy

[Chorus 2]

But she holds out her candle and she shines it in

And she begs him to show her how to fix it again

While the song that he sang her to soothe her to sleep

Runs all through her circuits like a heartbeat

She's not going to fix it up too easy