Lyrics Sage Francis

Sage Francis

Sea Lion

The force of my love was strong

The Sea Lion lay down long

Song in the air, why should singer care?

When singer can be among song

Ma, ma, look what I did, ma

Look what i did to my hands, I broke 'em

You gave me the stone, gave me the chisel

Didn't say how to hold 'em

Didn't say to give away every piece of the puzzle

Till I was left with nothin'

But I took it upon myself to crush it up

And distribute the dust

Get in the bus, hop in the van

Jump in the water, crawl to the land

Build another castle out of sand

Break it down and then get into the saddle again

I'm going city to city, I'm already lost

Tell the boss who is new in town

I'll ride this horse till it it bucks me off

And I'm forced to shoot it down

I'll take him out for some gasoline

Trade this cow for some magic beans

Gonna make mom proud of the deals that I made

'Cause I'm just a modern day Johnny Appleseed

But I'm glad that I never passed the genes

And I never put down the axe

Piano man got a checkered dance floor to grace

And a painful look on his face

'Cause the crowd is packed and the louder they clap

The less he is able to make the connection between what he sees

When he hears certain notes and the hurt

That is shown in his facial expression ah

I don't need your "Go ahead" to go ahead

No, I know no one said it was gonna be easy

But sweet Jesus who wants to sleep with me?

Too many moves to learn

Not enough people to put 'em on

Look it, mom, no hands

I built this suit of armor with wooden arms