we were all packed up

all of our best stuff

we had enough

there's no room

in a city like this

for people like us

so we got in our car

modest but it meets our needs

headed to the 401

and east to Kingston

we searched around

anywhere but town

for somewhere to settle down

privacy and land

I could start up a band

wouldn't life be just grand

we woke up

traffic finally broke up

on the 401

and east to Kingston

follow the car in front

for us that's good enough

tore out the review mirror

only one way left

east to Kingston

I was hypnotised once

I don't talk about it much

I was standing in my garden

thinking of you

and in the background a buzzing

sweet and true

when I snapped out of it

I saw the bees on the bamboo

we've all dodged those bullets

scars from when we got hit

but I don't feel a single thing

when I see the bees on the bamboo

I'm sad

cause you only live in my dreams

at least that's what they told me

at least that's what it seems

show me how to love you

show me what's right

I will spend the evening

learning by candlelight

baby please don't make a fool out of me

I'm already there

hey lady

won't you walk with me

there's so much to show you

so much I want you to see

show me how to love you

show me what's right

I will spend the evening

learning by candlelight

baby please don't make a fool out of me

I'm already there

Odessa, you're wearing me thin

I don't know where I end

where you begin

these are supposed to be the best years of my life

Odessa please write it down

if I get it right

how can we keep making everyone laugh?

Odessa you're barely holding back

the tears, the tears

I'm here all alone

my perfect self

in ink on canvas

I've been 17 for 22 years

fighting and writhing and hiding by writing my fears

I should have gotten a tattoo just for fun

a scar on the outside to match my inside one

how can we keep making everyone laugh?

Odessa you're barely holding back

the tears, the tears

I'm here all alone

my perfect self

in ink on canvas

we came out, both fists swinging

but this game was rigged since the beginning

Odessa please, write me an ending

one where we're finally winning

your love was fadin'

so I got bated

into askin' you

what was wrong

you really let me have it

listin' my bad habits

each and every one

the list was long

I just stood there and took it

after all, what was

I supposed to do

you weren't wrong

meet me in Magnetawan

and I'll never let you go

meet me in Magnetawan

and we'll both be halfway home

meet me in Magnetawan

when I came in

you were waitressin'

at an old

no name saloon

I had my guitar

put that six string on the bar

cause I only had eyes

for you

I started playin'

hopin' you'd start

singing along

I played a Dolly Parton tune

that was the beginning

of what I hoped was

the rest of my life

with you

meet me in Magnetawan

and I'll never let you go

meet me in Magnetawan

and we'll both be halfway home

meet me in Magnetawan

I learn my lessons the hard way

that's why you couldn't stay

I learn my lessons the hard way

meet me in Magnetawan

and I'll never let you go

meet me in Magnetawan

and we'll both be halfway home

meet me in Magnetawan

I learn my lessons the hard way

I once knew a man named Angel

he could barely place my face

then I met a man named Evil

he knew everything about me

I made a deal with the devil

it was the least I could do

but I'll be smiling while I burn

cause I got one day with you

but I ran, ran away screaming

from the lies and head full of demons

I'll get by, sleeping on couches

or at least I'll try

I spend most of my life dreaming

of what could be

I've lived off of

cigarettes and coffee

and hopes of you and me

but something always finds me

ready to go at high speeds

so I ran, ran away screaming

from the lies and head full of demons

I'll get by, sleeping on couches

or at least I'll try

inspiration never struck me

like it did with you

we were driving through Kentucky

it had never been so true

I never thought I'd be so lucky

stuck in a car with you

hills and horses roll by

and I forget where we're going

fences for miles, spring's gentle styles

the world is flowing

through me

inspiration never struck me

like it did with you

there's a flower and a honey bee

just something that you drew

I left it all out for you to see

now you're a different shade of blue

where did the time go

and what can I say, that'll make you stay

there's no money for anything

the world stopped flowing

through me

I saw you in a garden

you were picking flowers

I'd never seen before

seen before

We talked over the Black-eyed Susans

I asked if you picked flowers

professionally

oh how we laughed

it started raining gently

we ducked under the nearest canopy

oh how we laughed

that's why I wait for the rain

we made plans for the weekend

sure enough it rained that day

too

oh how we laughed

I brought you some flowers

the ones that I'd never

seen before

oh how we laughed

that's why I wait for the rain

Can we talk about how

my life turned upside down

that's why I wait for the rain

I sit

while Marley paces

remembering words

and made up places

I watch

while Marley paces

we all have a laugh

but it doesn't reach our faces

I dream

while Marley paces

of perfect beats

and distant curtains

Marley paces

I shake

while Marley paces

from too much nicotine

and thinking that I'm aces

I see

that Marley paces

working it out

on the stage that she graces

Marley paces

sit on an outside carpet

that means designed to get wet

that means I won't feel bad

when I spill my guts all over it

we don't care that we don't feel bad

drink your magic potion

you said it would take me places

so far I haven't left my basement

too afraid to come up for air

we don't care that we don't feel bad

dogfight

in winter

snow fort

made of snow

dreamless in December

waking up in your arms

just looking out my front window

I can see the clouds

above you

I don't want to be

alone

I can't be

alone

will you be my

home

just for tonight

snowfall in summer

I am made believer

a dedicated fuck up

waking up alone

just looking out the car window

hoping to find you

I don't want to be

alone

I can't be

alone

will you be my

home

just for tonight

I turned on every light

in this mansion you made

from old memories and paper planes

I light candles despite the hazards

of starting fires

near you

I fight the shadows that's where you're hiding

mostly from me

mostly from me

I try to cheer you up

do that stupid dance you love

that always cracked you up

in the before times

you jump off a train

waving like a Loon

it didn't matter how many saw you

we just strolled

the little town we'd chosen

at random

just somewhere that we found

staring at ourselves

in storefront windows

to see if we like what we see

in each other's eyes

this was in the before times