Parker's Mood

Where's my sock? Where's my other shoe? I didn't know what time it was When I came to The only light in here Is my flickering TV Watching back at me Oh, my love is here to stay Saints alive And all the saints be praised I see them all around me now They've been called and raised Their jaws gone slack Their yellow nails long and curling back To scratch the phantom of ache Of our lost days Oh, my love is here to stay I came home this morning I was dead on my feet Drunk on the victory Of my own defeat Now I'm reeling on the ceiling But what yard bird law is this When a heart in chains is what remains The prelude to a kiss? God is in the details Of the smoke in the air The devil, he's a pauper prince Nesting in your hair The things we put together The world will ear a part But I've beat them to the start Alone the way Oh, my love is here to stay --- Parker's Mood - Joe Henry