Will Oldham - Sea Lion lyrics

[Hook: Will Oldham] Force of my love was strong The sea lion laying down long A song in the air Why should singer care When singer can be among song Force of my love was strong The sea lion laying down long A song in the air Why should singer care When singer can be among song [Verse 1: Sage Francis] Ma, Ma, look what I did, Ma Look what I did to my hands, I broke em You gave me the stone, gave me the chisel Didn't say how to hold em Didn't say give away every piece of the puzzle Till I was left with nothing But I took it upon myself to crush it up and distribute the dust Get in the bus, hop in the van Jump in the water, crawl to the land Build another castle out of the sand Break it down and then I get into the saddle again Going city to city I'm already lost, tell the boss Who is new in town; I'm-a ride this horse till it bucks me off And I'm forced to shoot it down I'm-a take him out for some gasoline I'm-a trade this cow for some magic beans Make Mom proud of the deals that I've made Cause I'm just a modern day Johnny Appleseed But I'm glad that I never pa**ed the genes And I never put down the axe Piano Man got a checkered dance floor To grace and the painful look on his face Cause the crowd is packed and the louder they clap The less he is able to make the connection Between what he sees when he hears certain notes And the hurt that is shown in his facial expression I don't need your go-ahead to go ahead No, I know no one said it was gonna be easy But sweet Jesus, who wants to sleep with me? Way too many moves to learn But not enough people to put em on Lookit, Mom, no hands I built this suit of armor with wooden arms [Hook: Will Oldham] Force of my love was strong The sea lion laying down long A song in the air Why should singer care When singer can be among song Force of my love was strong The sea lion laying down long A song in the air Why should singer care When singer can be among song [Verse 2: Saul Williams] Oh God I think I'm dead I can't see outside my head Brains and bloods and cryptic gang men Czars and warlords breaking bread Thoughts are thought What's said is said I thought that 'fore you said it I didn't mean to think out loud My tongue slipped but who let it? Let it be, let me be, let me go, nah let me out My manhood nods and whispers when my father screams and shouts Dear dad I'm sad you're dead A new man standing in the pulpit He bows before a wooden cross and forces praise the culprit I'm a tenor in the choir but I sing a different song Of how the where's and why's of now all prove I don't belong But I'm staying I've planted seeds and plan to watch them grow I've watered all my wishes dreams fulfilled more seeds to sow And I promise to learn to love the way I've learned to fear To unknot all the inhibitions tangled in my hair To let my ego mound in piles around the barber chair And make a graceful exit from my vexed and troubled years I've decided I've been invited to my own resort Where knights can leave their armor neatly piled by the door And every woman, child, and man will gather by the shore And study how sea lions swim in cursive [Hook: Will Oldham] Force of my love was strong The sea lion laying down long A song in the air Why should singer care When singer can be among song Force of my love was strong The sea lion laying down long A song in the air Why should singer care When singer can be among song