Lyrics Nellie McKay

Nellie McKay

Black Sheep

Now the not alone, you're on your own

Welcome home

Follow through the street, now here's the heat

Welcome back home

Whipping wind upon your face

Slow child while you can

'Round the bend where one's who chase

So wild as a lamb

Flowers keep growing, water flowing, life is kind

Still every scene's a memory I won't miss

Motors are humming, water flooding, numb the mind

Still this is someone else's form of bliss

Slam out the gate, tempting fate, got to roll

Never escape what you know

Who could, could you? Who could, could you?

Who could, could you, could you, could you, could you, could you?

Who could, could you? Who could, could you?

Who could, could you, could you, could you, could you, could you?

Who could, could you?

Charming bits of flotsam floating in your sea of mind

Wondering the reason, should you leave it all behind

Weaving through the leavings, you were wrong but so was I

Seeking something perfect in the wreckage of my mind

Flowers keep growing, water flowing, life is kind

Still every scene's a memory I won't miss

Pictures parading, water glazing, numb the mind

Still this is someone else's form of bliss

Mommy, mommy