Jewel Follow

Lights are bright in the circusThe geeks and the freaks all
light cigarettes and laugh at your miseryWhile the white of
the curtain closing crushes your heartThe inertia of
loneliness tears your flesh apartIt's a long slow
slideIt's a long slow slideIt's a long slow
slideDownOnce the neon is goneThere's still
that golden splinter at your sideHis manners are
charmingBut who are you foolingYou're still
nobody's brideAnd Bukowski's widowHaunts
each empty seat on the ferris wheelAs ghoulish lovers
collide in a collage of kisses that they stealIt's a
long slow slideIt's a long slow slideIt's a
long slow slideDownAnd outside your window you can see
the circus it's lurchingwith rings of smokeYou
laugh halfheartedly at the punchlineNot realizing
they've made you the jokeAnd inside you're heart
a war is ragingA region still untamedThe worst fear I
can imagine is for the mystery to be namedIs for the
mystery to be namedIt's a long slow
slideIt's a long slow slideIt's a long slow
slide