Cardboard Box

Start at the end: Written on this box Pick your friends Pick my lock Rock 'n' roll me Box and cox Lox and mocha A thousand rocks System shocks Burlesque books And natural looks Look, no one cooks 'Cause no one can And no one votes 'Cause no one wants Everyone's someone And with the band All that implies Supply and demand Demand and demand Everyone's sleeping Everyone's thinking Including me Muse - tricking Button - flicking Lock - picking Here's a key To this little box Here's a key To the heart of me Help me sing it Help me sleep Design this message to keep And I can draw it Paint it, sing it, And send it to you Lift my spirit Wear its coat See it shift Waste your gifts Like Tru Capote Fast on Sunday Keep the past Keep your castle Swim its moat It's all I wrote On the table d'hote Trail my coat Use your vote Use your vote Shoot your lip Speak what's hip Clip their wings And sail your ship Our income's ripped A government blip Trick my trick And strip my stocks Strip for me No root, no tree Here's a key To this cardboard box Here's a key To the heart of me Help me sing it Help me sleep Design this message to keep And I can draw it Paint it, sing it, And send it to you Pick your race Your little boy's face Deal and ace And sulk that boyfriend Choose your end You send your bones Round the bend Live your own Own your own end Own your own words Fly my trip But quote your own script Tip your hat To the common foe Fol-de-rol do-di-do You belong Stone and tree We in clover A spelling bee Words in me Your honey in me Your key in lock Locked in box Here's the key To the heart of me Here's the key To the heart of me