Kelly Joe Phelps - Flash Cards lyrics

Bouncin' across the lake of ten years Like a stone tossed from the burglar's hand Holdin' my breath, then I'm sinkin' Waves in circle like a memory slowly fade away, slowly fade Remember me, when you look across the lake When a fish caught hard on the line Fights for his own life When a boat breaks free of the tether and floats away in the wind The throw was aimed at a distant pine Winnin' the war by landin' down on the other side So, another playin' boy might find it there Skip it back not knowin' his part In this messed up game, in this messed up game Juggled in the hands of ten long years Like colorful wands of fire in the arms of a red-eyed wino Life held tight in purple lips and tongue That mumble and spit out curses And the young boy's line was 'I'll show you' And the twenties was 'Watch me burn this fire' And the thirties was 'Jesus, God, where did I go wrong?' The forties was 'Good Lord, how much more?' I'm halfway into the end of the chapter And no ink left in the well And no happy ending to tell, though Bandages cover my body Have no desire to swing the bell No, I got no desire now to swing the bell No, I got no desire now to swing the bell No, I got no, no, no desire to swing the bell To swing the bell To swing the bell To swing the bell, bell, bell Desire, no desire No desire to swing