Take My Call

It's obvious I never had a map Just a drawing on the back of a placemat From a late-night restaurant In coffee and crayon I scribbled out my childish plans of attack I swear I never meant to get so lost Or drag you through this rotten, twisted plot In which all my best intentions Too predictable to mention Misfired and steered us straight onto the rocks Sometimes, it's easier to say That it was just one big mistake Not the gestalt of many small ones All my fault, and I can call them all by name And the highest hope for tragedy is a lesson and a song So I dismantled carefully the ways I did you wrong If you ever decide to take my call I would gladly surrender it all My sleeping mind pulls out a dream that I waylaid To see the floats the day after the Rose Parade Smell the flowers, share a coffee As we walk, alarm goes off And I awake alone in the bed I've made Because it's easier to say That it was just one big mistake Not the gestalt of many small ones All my fault, and I can call them all by name And the highest hope for tragedy is a lesson and a song So I dismantled carefully the ways I did you wrong If you ever decide to take my call I would gladly surrender it all Leave a little piece of me (leave a little piece) Outside beneath the loquat trees (in your backyard) Where I can stay, and grow, and love you (And love you) If you ever decide to take my call I would gladly surrender it all If you ever decide to take my call I would gladly surrender it all If you ever decide to take my call