Greg Brown - Whatever It Was lyrics

She's got a slant 6 mind and a supercharged heart, The little princess is singing about her parts, She says, "Come hither", but when I get hither she is yon. I was looking for what I loved. Whatever it was, it's gone. TV spreads and tension mounts, Like a guy in a bra it's the idea that counts, It's a picture of a picture of a who*e holding a picture of a john. I was looking for what I loved... In the chemical fields by ammonia light, I would offer my prayer to the Corn Goddess tonight, But they chopped off her head and stuck her body out on the lawn. I was looking for what I loved... My generation takes what it can get, Are you surprised that the kids are all upset? They're looking at Nothing and Nothing turns away and yawns. I was looking for what I loved... Can't go to the country - the country isn't there, It got chopped up and mortgaged and vanished in thin air, It's a paint-by-number and it costs a million bucks down at the pawn. I was looking for what I loved... An electronic head and feet of clay, Gonna be a lotta roadk** on the Information Highway, Someone stole the video of the everfresh and lovely dawn. I was looking for what I loved... You might be streetwise. You might be real bad, I guess you forgot that you also are a dad, Your kids won't forget it when they're trying to find someone to lean on I was looking for what I loved... The little towns are lying on their faces, All that's left are fading parking spaces, It's been quite a week, there was a drive-by shooting in Lake Wobegon. I was looking for what I loved... A Native American told me this whole deal's a mistake, And this implosion is just icing on the cake, If the Great Spirit is gambling, I'd say the con is a bigger con. I was looking for what I loved...