From Listening to Lightning

I grew up in a seaside town where the devil lives

Bonfire lights in the woods at night set to be afraid

Down the street past the sweet shop, kids dipped in angel dust

Up the block crooked cops always look the other way

Took my board away

Call it confiscate

Under a rotting log in them woods, salamanders live

They never have any trouble finding their own kind in the springtime

I know its true you'd be happier with somebody else

Tripping over the logs in the woods in your own time

In the meantime

I am your time

Just trying to talk to you straight again

Why would you listen to me?

I went from listening to lightning

To running from thunder

From getting my ass kicked, to running for cover

You say you'll never be lonely

I don't think you can know me

Cos we're no good for each other

We'll both know that when its over

Under this happy smile on my face there's an angry boy

All he wants is to win fist fights that he lost in high school

I know that angry boys do not grown up lovers make

I promise he will be quiet long enough for

You to fall for

Baby run away

Just trying to talk to him straight again

He'll never listen to me

We went from listening to lightning, to running from thunder

From getting our ass kicked, to running for covers

You'll say you'll never be lone....

Maybe its the drugs and the alcohol talking

Maybe it's your neighbour and the shoes that he was walking

Maybe it's the empty promise of tomorrow

Suspect it was the hippies and the money that they borrowed

Maybe there's no Jesus here to save us from the devil

Maybe we're just like Roman we can blame the Heavy Metal

Maybe building suburbs wasn't such a good idea

Maybe this is the condition of being stupid human beings

Who think its possible to listen to lightning?

You say you'll never be lonely, then I don't think you can know me

'Cos we're no good for each other

We'll both know that when its over

I know it sounds like the same damn tune, but its somebody else's song

And if we're talking about...

I'll give you the lame excuse I'm gonna do what my father did

Baby if that's all we got, baby we don't deserve this