When the phone rang, 3 in the morning Dead middle of night There was nothing on the line I set back the silent receiver Tiny flames lit in my head Hey did any of you freaks here ever remember ...

Small flowers crack concrete Narcotic squads sweep through poet dens Spilling coffee, grabbing 15-yr-old runaway girls By frazzled ponytail ed hair And tossing them into backseats of cop cars ...

Dead middle of night ...Tiny flames lit in my head ...Hey did any of you freaks here eve...ed to dust now, one of the chosen few ...ut in the rain, out of town again ...And a column of hazy faces ...here was no way out of my head ...lease pass me a jug of winter light? ...In the city made of tin? ...from under in spite of it? ...ork City ghosts and flowers ...ork City ghosts and flowers

Small flowers crack concrete ...them into backseats of cop cars ...Mystery plays of shit and nothingnes...ching for the heart of d.a. levy ...for the living gods of America ...ed by silver charms of suburban smoke ...At war with patches of red dirt glitter

They wear the flowers we threw...They pretend their youth...My windscreen's stream...With jewels of rain...They pretend their youth...y can pretend their youth

ou can do to change my mind...ve seen the outcome of the boys who didn't...ling is the channel of invention...compromise the will of the design...sh the wind against my back...This church of mine may not be rec...Rolling river of truth, can you spar...The holy fountain of youth has been reduced to...I'm not afraid of you no more (oh-oh,

e stood in a garden of flowers ...Memories of youth had passed before ...Memories of youth had passed before

Of the great ...Of the great anti-hate...Belly flowers

Blackman speaking my I am truth...Youth for nothing but rev... who will stand for my truth...ckman educating our youth...I am, the sum total of your hope...ng to be a pretense of something I have al...ting clouds outside of my reach...those who resurrect flowers from the melting sn...caping the hum-drum of the barrel of a gun that I never ...This is the voice of the book worm, this is the voice of the bookworm...ing they minds with my halfway lies and fa...es I wrote stuck in my throat...My brother was bringin.../wailing, entailing my fantasy...e McKay at the edge of the ocean...Gallons of tears for fears, pu...In the middle of the the barn and ha...My faithful first be o

It's just my nights are occupied...to explain it's not my line of trade...Buying flowers and chocolate mice...'s just the thought of commitment's totall...Any sort of commitment's out of order...n I'm not that type of guy...Captures youth and that's the trut...Oh and youth's the time when car...n I'm not that type of guy

true, to the dreams of our youth... holding onto stems of flowers...Of everything we've ov...ten how to stand on my two feet...ow honestly I am on my own, I happier to b...lone has everything of you...o just avoid living my life without you...All my life it's always th...All my life it's always th

Out of solar system where ...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone ...As fresher full of vigour life becomes my mirror ...And so ended my youth I once deepended on...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone

Out of solar system where ...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone ...As fresher full of vigour life becomes my mirror ...And so ended my youth I once deepended on...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone

Out of solar system where ...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone ...As fresher full of vigour life becomes my mirror ...And so ended my youth I once deepended on...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone

Out of solar system where ...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone ...As fresher full of vigor life becomes my mirror ...And so ended my youth I once deep ended o...t learning to share my peoples pain ...I got it making flowers grow in hearts of stone

My darling all around ...When youth has its fling, love... can walk among the flowers... can walk among the flowers

My darling all around ...When youth has its fling, love... can walk among the flowers... can walk among the flowers