16 Days-Slobberbone

For sixteen days, I＇ve stayed in this bedroom And this Indian Summer, It＇s made me sick I don＇t use the phone, I don＇t write no letters All I can do is lay here and sweat And this wretched house, It falls down around me The air has turned foul, the walls have turned brown And they rot in the glow of a single light bulb Once there was paint, now there＇s just dust And I don＇t know why I＇m kept a prisoner here But there＇s no fear in these eyes And I don＇t know why no one talks to me But it＇s so clear when you try She had grace, and a natural beauty She was a girl raised on a farm A constant source of disappointment To both of her folks, and they don＇t know why ＇Cause she had a love for a life she suspected Lay somewhere else, beyond these crops But she couldn＇t speak, and they wouldn＇t listen So her dreams lay fallow and hope turned to dust And I don＇t know why I＇m kept a prisoner here But there＇s no fear in these eyes And I don＇t know why no one talks to me But it＇s so clear when you try We sit in the yard, on broken-down loungers Tryin＇ to grill food on a rusted out grill Drinkin＇ a beer and burnin＇ our fingers Watching the dog pee on the car And the trees all look sick now and the grass has turned brown And the bird bath＇s broken, and the fence fallen down And the gate, it hangs crooked on rusted out hinges And the heat never leaves when the sun sinks down And once we had meaning, but now, we＇re just hollow Once we felt pain, but now we＇re just numb Once there were words, but now there＇s just glances And once we were smart but now we＇re just dumb Just dumb And I don＇t know why I＇m kept a prisoner here But there＇s no fear in these eyes And I don＇t know why no one talks to me But it＇s so clear when you try