Ship of Dreams

God's Mockingbird God's mockingbird - don't sing no more Where she had wings of gossamer now she has scars Now she has claws... all feathers tattered and torn With this metamorphosis complete God's mockingbird she hits the street Say have you seen - Say have you heard Say have you seen - God's mockingbird? Like bindweed - they entangle her She's in too deep - she's in too far You owed me nothing when we met, It's less than nothing now You've a new duet to grease in for your set Foolio had Juliet Say haven't you seen - haven't you heard Haven't you seen God's mockingbird While money rich morticians, honey o'er the seaméd stye I dreamed I heard God's mockingbird from her secret garden fly She was startled and stuttering, naked and torn Shell shocked, shuddering, shaken and worn Battered and broken, borne back by the storm To a black and loveless sky Say haven't you seen - haven't you heard Haven't you seen God's mockingbird And as he lays you down to sleep, Who'll pray each night for your soul to keep? With your sacred cow and crushed crimson heart Promises are cheap You can shut me down - You can freeze me out Baby I'm not the clown - You should worry about Where this drowned phoenician sailor rocks To the rhythms of his broken oars It ain't over 'til the last siren calls As the puss sun goes down on his hollow eyed whores Who's soft sighs solicit from desolate shores Your dead poet's gone but you'd still take his calls Your last sea dog sailed but you're still taking bets Was it a something or a someone found in the net? Ah nobody's saying... but Ophelia knows As up he rose... and donn'd his clothes The salt bones picked clean, the last crow goes west The clocks are all stopped but God is not mocked There's a serenading silhouette climbing the walls for his Juliet Ah Juliet... Did they sign you off file and forget Hush little mockingbird don't say a word... 'Cause it still ain't over yet