Timeless Towns and Haunted Places

(Nutra Stick Productions, 2003)

Sunburnt and Bruised

 


Sunburnt and bruised, you scratch to the door
To tell the mailman not to knock anymore
As the door cracks the shadows break out
But you can’t stand in shade as your nerve system shouts

Keep me in
But set me free
Please peel the skin from your body
Then fan it cool
And put your arm
Where nobody can do it harm

You always said you’d try anything twice
Now your bald red head regrets rolling the dice
To soothe your skin, you bathe in white paint
Now you look like an angel, but just talk like a saint

Who says, "Keep me in
"But set me free
"Please peel the skin from my body
"So I’ll be here,
"Without alarm,
"‘Cause nobody can do me harm"


words and music © 2003 Jeremy Mathews