I Miss the Zoo-Joseph Arthur

[ti:I Miss the Zoo ] [ar:Joseph Arthur] [al:The Ballad of Boogie Christ: Act 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Miss the Zoo - Joseph Arthur [00:23.57]I miss the drunk I miss the fiend [00:26.18]I miss the simplicity of addiction and the scene [00:28.89] [00:29.47]I miss wandering aimlessly in half dead sewers [00:32.10]With rats for eyes chewing on forgiveness [00:34.62]And the will to apologize [00:36.78]I miss the return of no return [00:38.26]As I burn in avalanches of white snow and yellow cocaine [00:41.71] [00:42.37]I miss talking to brick walls while following the grain [00:45.62]And human dolls as I plagiarize myself like a dummy [00:48.87] [00:49.44]Stuffed with counterfeit money for Cairo and black honey [00:52.76]I miss illusions begging to be chased [00:54.93]Even as they disappear into me erased [00:58.16]Until there is no one or nothing but the chase [01:00.47]And a powdery ghost with no face or faith [01:03.41]And the woman of my dreams disappearing without grace [01:08.28] [01:08.83]I miss the zoo [01:10.27] [01:14.41]I miss the zoo [01:15.93] [01:20.40]I miss the zoo [01:21.61] [01:32.28]I miss evolving into a cloud of blue marijuana [01:35.21]Blown from the lips of hookers and pimps [01:37.31]As they shake each other down in alleys [01:39.35]For the dammed but mighty [01:41.18]No one but the weak around [01:42.59]And the beautiful unsightly [01:44.55]I miss numb Neanderthals marching in rows of living dead [01:48.25]From my wisdom teeth to Spain and back again in my head [01:51.85]I miss salvation in syringes and angels of mercy [01:54.88]In blooms of smoke numbing rain which drinks when thirsty [01:58.17]I miss glasses full of spirits [01:59.66]Who without tongues speak to me in Napoleon's wild nights [02:03.50]I miss staying up for days [02:04.86]And becoming a psychic pretzel flying kites [02:07.92]Chewed on by a Zulu heading with toads to Mars [02:11.09]A mysterious prison and one without bars [02:14.08] [02:15.89]Miss those kind of bars [02:17.18] [02:17.76]I miss the zoo [02:19.30] [02:23.47]I miss the zoo [02:25.04] [02:29.33]I miss the zoo [02:30.73] [02:41.27]I miss waking in the arms of strangers like puppies [02:44.00]Just born in the pound [02:45.10]To a dead mother with eyes sealed shut [02:47.62]Looking for a tit to suck and other dangers [02:50.50]When the night [02:51.19]Before laughter was the only pursuit [02:53.63]Even as knives carved up our backs [02:55.68]And demons sat like Buddhas eating fruit [02:58.20]Meditating on hate forever in our minds [03:01.39]I miss exposing even my bones [03:03.13]And the need that rewinds [03:04.56] [03:05.12]Even my burning home [03:06.36]Even my gutted inner child [03:08.43]Even my dead grandfather beneath the ground that's wild [03:12.05]Even my criminal family [03:13.76]Even my weedwacker thoughts [03:15.33]Whipping a thin plastic string [03:16.82]To cut the ears of others as I sing [03:19.58]I miss Van Gogh's revenge [03:21.67]I miss his nightly binge [03:23.56]I miss spiders surrounding my bed [03:25.21]And lifting me as if an effigy [03:26.95]Or a Dead King or a prophet of doom [03:29.77]A Jesus for the apocalypse wearing dirt like perfume [03:33.04]Or a mother for Satan or a ghost [03:34.76]For all the children of abuse [03:36.59]Taking me into the fire watching me burn like a goose [03:39.66]As they sing in spider voices [03:41.89]There goes creation there goes the moon [03:44.62]There goes the butterfly wanting a cocoon [03:46.84]I miss being a bloom and a goon [03:48.75]Waking up too soon in the afternoon [03:51.23]A doctor of regret [03:52.71]Hanging onto guitar strings in tune [03:55.09]And hanging by a belt wrapped [03:56.53]Around some pipe to nowhere and felt [03:58.76]My lips too wrapped around [04:00.27]What appears to be stained glass [04:02.45]As religious figures dress like rocks with class [04:05.02]Burn into gas to the center of my brain [04:07.44]The euphoria of dying and being born all at once [04:10.60]While wearing the hat that reads 'dunce' [04:12.94]I miss the zoo [04:14.53] [04:16.29]I miss the zoo [04:17.66] [04:21.93]I miss the zoo