Sometime Anywhere

Here comes the maven, he's coming around
He's such a connoisseur, he's such an autograph hound, yeah
He's got 60 yes-men and they tend to agree
There's a long black book without any eyes
He's got my number but he's got your size, yeah
And if you measure up then a sure trick'll be wise


Just turn the light off when you go (he hates the dark)
Just tell the jury all you know (was just a lark)
We'll send a sign to you over the sea


There goes the maven, sowing his seed
One for the rock, one for the hand that feeds, yeah
He reaps the harvest with his sleight of hand
Just say the magic word and he's at your side
Beware his tender touch, his plans are chilly and wide, yeah
Sleeps through the winter in a white quiet land


Here is the maven, draining the cup
He takes your arm and then he eats you up, yeah
There is a surfeit of everything you crave
Here is the maven, signing the check
He bought us dinner so what the fucking heck, yeah
There is a surplus of everything you save

Day of the dead down in mexico
You ever been on a holiday?
You ever thought that you been here before
You ever been in a desperate way
On the beach stands a donkey who is waiting for you
He hee-haws, stamping his hoof
A fine blue day as dreamed by the boys
Nodding up on the roof


And in the meetings held in the darkness
And in the darkness everyone's blind
Venereal monsters stand there in velvet
And you know you're falling behind


Drink in a bar down in leap motel
I get involved with a prisoner
She's got a skull like a seraphim
I figure she is a messenger
She's at the heart of the festival
She's got the hands of a picador
She asks the spirits for a romance
She gets a ghost for a paramour


And in the weddings held in the darkness
'cause in the darkness the guests are all blind
Great lumps are melting wrapped up in satin
And i know you're falling behind


Day of the dead down in mexico
We read a book on the alamo
We filled the tank up with texaco
We buy a trinket for curio
We walk big stuff through the marketplace
Dripping smoke, dollars and aftershave
I got the mind of an astronaut
Emerging from the shell unscathed
Climbing out of hell unchanged


But then the dealers deal in the darkness
And in the darkness dealers are blind
Jokers and aces, bruisy and blackfern
I know you're falling behind

She says it's ok
The rent just went on entertainment
But who's gonna say
It's just not my day
She's got enough stuff to get real tough
Well she's the girl who plays
The holiday is over, the honeymoon is over
The garden's overgrown
The trust is rusted, the link's been busted
The seeds are sown
The sounds of my breath, what do you expect
Echo in the hall
The ghost of the picture still haunts the master
Bedroom mirror wall

I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me
Oh, but she has authority

It used to be fine
Days full of music, nights full of music
Music all the time
Invisible light
I try my best but i transgressed
It used to be fine
The chances are used up, the finances used up
The energy is low
Letters are returned, lovers are spurned
Deliver quite a blow
The signs of disaster, i wouldn't put it past her
The dagger's in the dark
The stale perfume in her old room
Heart of a shark

I suppose you'd say she made a slave of me
Oh, but she has authority

I guess that that's all
The curtain comes down and the circus leaves town
The leaves begin to fall
I guess that that's it
The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning
And all the rest is just bullshit
The shadow's getting longer, the widow's gettin' younger
The cup doth overflow
The luxury of pity, babe this wasn't pretty
On with the show
Life is a tangle, a one night triangle
Some tangle of life limbs (??)
You sleep like a baby precious as a ruby
Goodbye everything

I suppose you'd say she made a slave of me
Oh, but she had authority

Have i told you 'bout the case of the man who had no face?
(i'm sure i have)
His wife suspected something, that's why she brought me in
We arranged to meet one night at a bar called aphrodite's
(on second street)
But when i looked into her eyes i very quickly realized
The danger
The price was right, a deal was struck
I don't think that she gave it a thought
It was plain to see
That the lady was loveblind
It was clear to see
It was clear that she was loveblind

Out into the foggy night, into the city's blurry light
I drove alone
I wondered then what kind of place would make a man lose face
I pieced together clue by clue just what a faceless man would do
It wasn't hard
Who would he love, where would he go, places faceless men would know
On second street
I was close, i was near, but that woman just wouldn't hear
It was plain to see
That the lady was loveblind
It was clear to see
It was clear that she was loveblind
Loveblind
Next morning came as mornings do, i had a shave it was close too
A close shave
In the mirror in my space, there was a man without a face
I rang my client and i banged on her door
I told her it was me that we was looking for
It was plain to see


That the lady was loveblind
It was clear to see
It was clear that she was loveblind

Arrive in a hive city
Somewhere in the east
Floating down a crowded street
As though i am or i will be released
Elly's stopped yawning, clear blue morning
In mourning no more
Come and see the wild things that are
Just beyond the door

(well) there's an old man here
He claims that he knew you in another life
I'm not sure what he's sayin', elly,
Could it be he still thinks you're his wife ?

Chorus:
I've been waiting, seems like eternity
I've been waiting waiting for you
I'm still waiting if you remember me
I'll be waiting, waiting for you

Trinkets sing on a desert wind behind here
Where ghosts have laid their final claims to rest
But who they left and what they thought they stayed for
Has crumbled in their last dusty caress

They were so blind (rpt.)

(steve)
Hiding in a hotel room, somewhere in the west
I heard they brought a priest in to sanctify the place
But it remains unblessed
Things move around - my guitar sometimes plays itself
They say it's static electricity but
Yesterday it took twenty dollars off the shelf

There's a young man here, says he married you
In another time
The children cry and ask where their mother is
Gonna have to let them down
Yeah, i've been hurt, i've been around

I've been waiting...(rpt.)

Limpet shells are fading in the vally
Where once the sea had strength enough to reach
But out of the twisted metal of discarded fortune's curse
No-one here can quite translate the verses that they wanted to preach
They were blind

They were so blind (rpt.)

I've been waiting, seems like eternity

I've been waiting, waiting for you

I'm still waiting, if you remember me

I'll be waiting, waiting for you

Listen
Protect your thoughts, don't hide
If you
Can't face yourself, collide
The blue sheet of sky
Dazzle your eyes
And leaves you slumped against the night


They captured you, chopped off your hand
Left for dead
And buried your body in sun-soaked sand
Fly home


Is there patience where you think
Only empty arms to take you in
Pale luminescent glare
Surrounds you 'til you can't see it's there


Uncoiled flag below the wind
A torn head
You can't come out 'cause you're so far in
Fly home


Ancient in the image cast
Reminds you the future's like the past
Time split into equal spheres
Haunting you, using up your fears


Something hateful in your head
Then kick it out
You're skull and heart (scullin' hard) but your wings are dead
Fly home

You must have heard about my little problem
Ah come on, you must have heard about it
It's no ordinary problem
Look in my eyes, there can be no doubt about it
And of course it gets worse at night
It gets late, things start to change
Clock is stopped, thermometer is bulging
Hot late night bound to make us estranged
Soft dead moon all over your shoulders
Cold shadow in the glare of the glow
Factory billboards on outskirts of city
Shine down new attractions to the traffic below


Remember this day
Remember this room
Remember this singer singing
I remember you
A sudden flash
A sudden light
Abandoning the afternoon as it sinks into the night


Fluorescent bedroom flicker starts to teach me to wonder
I hear a mandolin in the springs
Out the wardrobe floats the hint of a rumor
Dressed in your beloved's finest things
Can you hear the voices that are constantly talking
Am i the only one to succumb to their roar
Well i know the form it is taking
It's not making sense anymore
The way you say you just wanna help me
The way your clinging is slinging me under
The strength i need already denied me
Your big ideas and your little wonder


Some people don't come over because of the problem
I heard the top guy won't answer his phone
I wonder if he has the same kind of problem
A little difficulty of his own
So take this plastic and rent me some wheels
Or maybe i'll try to fly
No reservations, i'll see how it feels
When i'm over your house up in the sky
And when the sun is squeezing through the blinds
You will be far away
Deep afternoons seeing the moon would have shined
Deep in your dream i hear you say
Have you heard about my little problem
I just know it isn't a secret
It's just a very ordinary problem
The secret doesn't matter if you keep it or leak it