watercolors

Lyrics

i remember photographs, watercolors of the past, he turned and said - you ask much of me, then, when we'd made our peace, we lay between the sheets, he turned and said - i set you free, go on, be a hero, be a photograph, make your own myths, christ, i hope they last longer than mine, wider than the sky we measure time by, go on, be a hero, i set you free, your stagehand lovers have conquered me, they'll send you carnations, while smiling faces look on and applaud, go on, go on, go 'way from me, i said - do you wish me dead, lip service to books you've read, articles on how to bed a bird in flight, you called it love - i called it greed, you say - you take what you want, i said - you get what you need, go on, be a hero, be a man, make your own destiny if you can, go find a fence, locate a shell, and hide yourself, go on, go to hell, go away from me, i need no charity, he said come unto me, i am beauty, i am the light, come unto me, hold the darkness and stay the night, i am wonder, i am the heart's delight, tomorrow we'll fight, come on come on, come on come near to me, come be my fantasy, we'll talk it over again sometime, i'll send some flowers, to change your mind, but for tonight, turn out the light, hold me - come on, come on, set me free, lend me your charity