Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)

Snake plants, Florida water I only wanted ever be a good daughter Soft hands, gold rings Try to remember most everything Like feeding grapefruits to the cows Hold my belly while I'm laughing out loud A bathing suit on a two-day drive Malaria, you can't sleep at night Lemon tree and a mango for the baby Record player you can call me Sister Sadie Gonna cut a rope and tie her to the tree When the hurricane comes, the hurricane comes I know your face, I know your smell I know that you were living in hell Pee in the bushes while I wait for a train Under the bridge when it starts to rain I never got to ride the sunset route But I drank enough, a hundred proof Campfire on the superfund site Garbage island, fucking in the moonlight Play my song for the barrel of freaks And we go shoplifting when it's time to eat, and They don't even really know my name I'm so happy that we escaped from where we came Tattoo with a needle and thread Most of our old friends are dead So, test your drugs Remember Narcan There's a war on the people What don't you understand? There's fentanyl in everything Don't become an angel with a broken wing We need you back down here on earth, and Nothing is as painful as birth, well Time flies when you're getting old, but I was born with a baby boy soul Maybe someday I'll see you again In a field, a war, a kingdom of sand, and Maybe we could smile again, or Maybe we could dance again I'd kiss your lips, I'd hold your hands, oh Maybe we could dance again, well I was young when I left home I never stopped running Used to think I was alone But nothing will stop me now Nothing will stop me now Oh, nothing will stop me now Well, nothing can stop, nothing can stop me now Me now Me now Me now Nothing will stop me now