Pegs

Alone lone lone little dreamer
Alone lone lone

My lover's got pegs where there used to be legs
My darling don't dance anymore
And those stories he sold
They're all full-up with holes
It's treacherous taking the floor

But there was always someone breaking
When the other was doing fine
Left us staring at the ceiling
Wond'rin' which of us was lyin'

It's gonna take some time
Take some time
It's gonna take some time
To feel alright

Alone lone little dreamer
Alone lone lone

Now I know the despair of an old empty chair
A mattress that's wide as a mile
And I still get the growl from a cat on the prowl
But they don't see the crow in my smile

Well these visceral lines
They coagulate rhymes
So I can spit out what swallowing me
As I bleed newborn red
From a heart made of lead
Heavy gray as the clouds that've been following me

No, to love me
It wasn't easy
It was nearly suicide
In the end we both chose living
Oh but something in me died

It's gonna take some time
Take some time
It's gonna take some time
To feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
I wanna feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
I wanna feel alright

Someday I will thank the heavens
For his presence in my life
While I'm dancing on the planet
Of another lover's eyes

But it'll take some time
Take some time
It's gonna take some time
To feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
I wanna feel alright

Alone lone lone little dreamer
Alone lone lone