Dear darlin' , your mom
My friend left a message
on my machine

She was frantic
Saying you were talking crazy
That you wanted to do
away with yourself

I guess she thought I' d be
a perfect resort
' Cos we' ve had this
inexplicable connection

since our youth
And yes they' re in shock
They are panicked
You and your chronic

Them and their drama
You this embarrasment
Us in the middle
of this delusion

If we were our bodies
If we were our futures
If we were our defenses
I' d be joining you

If we were our culture
If we were our leaders
If we were our denials
I' d be joining you

I remember vividly
a day years ago
we were camping
You knew more than you

thought you should know
You said, I don' t ever
want to be brainwashed
And you were mindboggling

You were intense
You were uncomfortable
in your own skin
You were thirsty but

mostly you were beautiful
If we were our nametags
If we were our rejections
If we were our outcomes

I' d be joining you
If we were our indignities
If we were our successes
If we were our emotions

I' d be joining you
You and I we' re like
four year olds
We want to know why

and how come
about everything
We want to reveal ourselves
at will and speak our minds

And never talk small
and be intuitive
And question mightily
And find God

My tortured beacon
We need to find like
minded companions and
If we were their

condemnations
If we were their projections
If we were our paranoias
I' d be joining you

If we were our incomes
If we were our obsessions
If we were our afflictions
I' d be joining you

We need reflection
We need a really
good memory
Feel free to call me

a little more often