RED
Cut me out the muslin, cut me from the roll, cut me from the whole
Sew me my eyes in, sew what is known, so it can be shown
I will be your husband, land that I love, land that I know
I've seen the ocean wash up tales of glory, stories of woe
I stare at the horizon because I know, because I know
If I dive in I'll never come back from where I go
Oh I love you, I love you, you grow in me as I grow on you
In my memory, you are tendu, you are taffy, you are laughing
You are cocoon, you are family, I will go soon and you will be standing
You are the husk of me, you are the dust of me
In the guts of me lustily calling

DEAD
Show it to me, why don't you breathe?
What do you see, what do you see?
Why do defy our mother, we were to go to sleep, to go to sleep
We were to crease every sheet, we were to speak to every god who
Look down on me

FRED
I do this all my life my dear friends
You see these pure gems? You cannot come near them
I am fearless off of that top turnbuckle
Coming down with a terminal illness, don't get too comfortable
I go old testament, like so old testament
I saw when God put breath in it, like you don't know
See this is Carolina soul that I wear behind my clothes
And my bones in a row like L-M-N-O-P
In a line like a caterpillar backlight that like
Jackrabbit in a magic hat
Like the prize in the bottom of the Cracker Jack
When a cyclone coming better clack your heels
Smack dab in the middle of the Cackalack
Right next to the center of the Bible Belt
My city imprinting like a tire track
From the back dirt roads where the bayou at
Where the map drops off of the diagram
And I'm a dying man, lawn chair, front porch, banjo
Christmas lights, summer time, long life, can crack
Knee slap, baby blue, sticking to my roots like Krazy Glue
Tombat still rapping when i'm eight-two, balling out, calling out

RED
Oh I love you, I love you, you grow in me as I grow on you
In my memory, you are tendu, you are taffy, you are laughing
You are cocoon, you are family, I will go soon and you will be standing
You are the husk of me, you are the dust of me
In the guts of me lustily calling

DEAD
Show it to me, why don't you breathe?
What do you see, what do you see?
Why do defy our mother, we were to go to sleep, to go to sleep
We were to crease every sheet, we were to speak to every god who
Look down on me