Take the baby's cane away and hide his little braces Left to his devices, he still wants that rocky road Feed him all your fables and your periodic tables Fabulous, a fatalist is what he wants to be But you drew the poison from me Picked me off the bayonet tree Pulled me like a tooth that kept your nights from finding sleep Move into a bungalow and disconnect the phone line Hello, grace. It's been awhile Your footsteps can go unnoticed That's not to say that you weren't missed But I guess you weren't invited I never lacked for company It's for care that I was wanting But you drew the poison from me Picked me off the bayonet tree Pulled me like a snaggled little loose tooth It's these late admissions that are driving me from sleep I admit that I admire admiration's name But if you come back to my senses, I won't try to reason with you Knowledge gained is knowledge used. It never works out different