Beaver Nelson - Mile Markers lyrics

I spoke in French for the first time Friday Got no idea what I said Elliptical rings carving my way Thru the time untold ahead Someone's laughing in a basement To a joke nobody told Nobody ever had to When you can buy what's not been sold There's a picture in a building Colors run and colors cut There's a face that might be smiling There's two eyes that might be shut And two hands holding either side Never to uncover ears That have heard enough forever To ever let an ending near There's mile markers on my soul Everyone has been framed There's mile markers on my soul I should not have to name the names When you walk the concrete over The flower that does bloom uncared You might stumble toward a mirror To find a brother there No water spout lifegiving No hand to danger end Ah, but beauty yet is living When love himself is friend There's gla**es on a table That will not help you see Put them on if you are able And close your eyes to dream And when you wake a wandering scuffler Footprints a fair play judge Of where you've been and whether You want the tally smudged There's mile markers on my soul Got 'em learning the game There's mile markers on my soul I should not have to name the names No one can draw the deep lines Enough to be consumed With unfailing forthright progress Towards his own good tomb Shiny along the way path You'll find the tempters fair Go greet them in their bloodwrath But do not tarry there Hello and goodbye silver Goodbye and hello gold These are the thoughts of living These are the thoughts to hold There's dinner on the platter Foul greens and rancid meat Oh, but it doesn't matter Sometimes you just should eat There's mile markers on my soul You can't clean off all the stains There's mile markers on my soul I should not have to name the names There's mile markers on my soul Not a one looks the same There's mile markers on my soul I should not have to name the names