Jackie and Wilson
So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes,No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight.So deep in this swill with the most familiar of swineFor reasons wretched and divine.
She blows outta nowhere on a candle of the wildLaughing away through my feeble disguiseNo other version of me I would pretend to be tonight.'Cause, Lord, she found me just in time
'Cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and doneI need to be youthfully felt 'cause, God, I never felt young
Refrain:She's gonna save me,Call me "baby",Run her hands through my hairShe'll know me crazy,Sooth me dailyBetter yet she wouldn't careWe'll steal her Lexus,Be detectives,Ride round picking up cluesWe'll name our childrenJackie and Wilson,Raise em on rhythm and blues.
Lord, it be great to find a place we could escape sometimeMe and my Isis growing black irises in the sunshineEvery version of me dead and buried in the yard outside.Sit back and watch the world go by.
Happy to lie back watch it burn and rustWe tried the world, good God, it wasn't for us.
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Cut clean from the green at night let my mind resetLooking up from the cigarette, and she's already leftI start picking up the art of what's left of me and our little vignetteFor whatever poor soul is coming next
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