Cattail Down

Cattail down

The morning rail yard whistle blows

Cattail down

Our boxcar bound for... no one knows

After every hidden seed out

From it covering has been free

And every book has been discarded from the bookshelf

Cattail down

And the forgetting of myself

Cattail down

Replace the feathers in our vests

Cattail down

Surround the ivy

Thats gone to poison in my chest

"The parachute broke loose,"

Cried the goose with misplaced

But understandable concern

For his little brother's mental health

His happy little brother

And the forgetting of himself

Cattail down

Around the bulrush, the pollen shed

Cattail down

To dress my wounds

It left a bee sting in their stead

(Half an acre thoughts from out my head)

Headed east out of St. Paul

We stopped for water

Rested in the cemetery

Watched the Mississippi

Running out of food stamps

Found a bag along the footpath

Off highway 61 filled with

What looked like marijuana

(Don't worry mom, we left it there)

Hopped a grainrail out of Pig's Eye toward Milwaukee

A deer between the tower and the tracks

Saw right through us

Said, "You don't know where you came from

You don't know where you're going

You think you're you-

You don't know who you are

You're not you

You're everyone else."

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else, you're everyone else

You're everyone else