Cardboard Box

Start at the end:

written on this box

Pick your friends

pick my lock

rock 'n' roll me

box and cox

lox and mocha

a thousand rocks

system shocks

burlesque books

and natural looks

look, no one cooks

'cause no one can

and no one votes

'cause no one wants

everyone's someone

and with the band

all that implies

supply and demand

demand and demand

everyone's sleeping

everyone's thinking

including me

muse - tricking

button - flicking

lock - picking

here's a key

to this little box

here's a key

to the heart of me

Help me sing it

help me sleep

design this message to keep

and I can draw it

paint it, sing it,

and send it to you

lift my spirit

wear its coat

see it shift

waste your gifts

like Tru Capote

fast on Sunday

keep the past

keep your castle

swim its moat

it's all I wrote

on the table d'hote

trail my coat

use your vote

use your vote

shoot your lip

speak what's hip

clip their wings

and sail your ship

our income's ripped

a government blip

trick my trick

and strip my stocks

strip for me

no root, no tree

here's a key

to this cardboard box

here's a key

to the heart of me

Help me sing it

help me sleep

design this message to keep

and I can draw it

paint it, sing it,

and send it to you

pick your race

your little boy's face

deal and ace

and sulk that boyfriend

choose your end

you send your bones

round the bend

live your own

own your own end

own your own words

fly my trip

but quote your own script

tip your hat

to the common foe

fol-de-rol do-di-do

you belong

stone and tree

we in clover

a spelling bee

words in me

your honey in me

your key in lock

locked in box

here's the key

to the heart of me

here's the key

to the heart of me