No Vacancy

Dancing with a lover on a dead-end street Stepping on toes with my two left feet I fell asleep under a vacancy sign The no was burned out but then she changed the lights A foggy walk alone on a new moon night She disappeared altogether when I closed my eyes The street lights flicker on and off, on and off, on and off like her emotion Until I find I'm off the deep end of an abstract notion I forgot the melody a caged bird sings The door's wide open but I've got clipped wings The seed went sour in the dying light So I'll sing for my supper 'til the water runs dry The quick hide hid under a broken nail The Essex split in two over an angry whale There were rumors of cannibals living on the island nearby So the survivors took the opposite course and ate each other when the truth was in short supply I forgot the melody a caged bird sings The door's wide open but I've got clipped wings The seed went sour in the dying light So I'll sing for my supper 'til the water runs dry Parallel lines in the wilderness Train tracks broken by a small recess And as the casualties are listed by a talking head She limits the emotion behind words she read I forgot the melody a caged bird sings The door's wide open but I've got clipped wings The seed went sour in the dying light So I'll sing for my supper 'til the water runs dry I forgot the melody a caged bird sings The door's wide open but I've got clipped wings The seed went sour in the dying light So I'll sing for my supper 'til the water runs dry