You're not bloody swab paradise
You're golden stars licked to stick
A world with frogs and magic tricks
Floating logs and scissor kicks

And lemonade and sweaty ***
Hug me like I gave you checks
You kiss me like the upper crust
Tell me things to make me blush

Champagne bottle
Bon voyage, a souvenir garage
A melody to make me smile
Not that you've been gone a while

A purple medal eighth place
Backlit in a trophy case
Sign that says 'For little Ace'
Supportive like an ankle brace

Not bloody cotton swabs and lies
Stolen checks and empty eyes
You're a county fair in July
Canadian field of wild rye

You kiss me like potted plants
Bite me like fire ants
Touch me like an old stamp
Olive oil and seven lamps

Not stolen cash I'll pay you back
Bloody paradise attack
Your Sunday at the puppy track
Time to take the long way back

Sweet as the apple of Peru
The inklings of the Eastern Sioux
Not bloody cotton swabs and lies
Stolen checks and empty eyes
But rather

You are the blood
Flowing through my fingers
That's what I meant to say
Blood in my fingertips
I couldn't tell you that it's the other way

All through the soil and up in those trees
You are the blood that I may see you
That I see you you're the blood in me
You're on earth though

Girl, you wake me to the smell of butter
Sunlight shone through wooden shutters
Naked *** and cuffed ******
Early morning back to test

Pouring rain and rubber suit
Cotton socks and rubber boots
I sprint across the parking lot
Cause that day we were unprepared

Dried our socks and on the stairs
Sound of rain is rain in gutters
Lightning seven seconds thunder
A mild snack late evening hunger

DVDs and VCRs
Fish tanks and jelly jars
The storm p***es the room ours
The summer times and you move

Safety belt in summer cars
Lightning bugs to die in jars
The air conditioner saving grace
Gr*** stains and flushed face

Refreshing like a gl*** of milk
Your shaven legs were like silk
You kiss me like a bon voyage
A secret souvenir collage

Overalls and water parks
T-tops and baby sharks
Dragon rolls and frozen juice
Making out in photo booths

A lovely Saturday night alone
Full of films and baking pies
Not cotton swabs and bloody lies
I'll pay you back in plastic eyes

You are the blood
Flowing through my fingers
All through the soil
Through those trees