Marian

Drunk and invulnerable Driving home in the snow The pike's a time tunnel, honey lamb Won't bother quitting Already seen the way it ends for me The mine collapses in spring of '67 I was a bastard anyway But feigning tenderness I left you something dreadful And you didn't know She was a blue baby Hole in her heart From the start Came two months early Call her Marian for grandma She grows up fast and moves to new Babylon Watches the plague take her pretty friends Flash to her middle age The storm on Jupiter's abating She's our blue baby Hole for a heart From the start Her whale song wakes me Reach for your warmth You know that I am with time, honey I ain't in time And I see these arcing streams Tracing something grander than you can imagine possibly If you want I don't mind I'll whisper the date and time A phase change Condensate Reason to be afraid Now and then The light bends After my accident 'Round a room Where I hide In a sea of Virginia pines A burnt bus Further in McDowell County District I climb up Take my blade Start carving the name of my blue baby (You know that I am with time, honey) (I ain't in time) (And I see these arcing streams) (Tracing something grander than you can imagine possibly) (Reach for your warmth) (Blue baby) (Blue baby) (Blue baby) (Blue baby)