Marigold

Jackie Greene

So much depends on first loves and friends 
legs for a table 
and i painted my room 
with judgments and doom 
but i still ain't able to sleep 
got to sleep 
and dream up some dreams i can keep 
oh my, my marigold, marigold 

i was walking at dawn 
when something turned on 
but i couldn't name it 
so i, i went back home 
i did it alone 
but i couldn't claim it 
i tried, yes i tried 
i tried honey i was denied 
oh my, my marigold, marigold 

well everything becomes much more meaningless 
as time passes by 
so i hide in the bedorom with strong curtains drawn 
so i can't look the world in the eye 

i heard you were well 
i heard that you fell 
back on your feet 
well me, i'm still in fear 
i planted her here 
right in the street 
to sleep, so she sleeps 
and dreams with the orphans and freaks 
oh my, my marigold, marigold 

now talk, talk it is cheap 
i talk in my sleep 
i know what to say 
i said, i said you were wise 
to let go of my eyes 
and push me away 
and run, yes you run 
you run honey nothing gets done 
oh my, my marigold, marigold 

but all that i've learned it must be a chemical change 
after all i'm no different from the next twisted talker who's taking his lies to the grave 

i wasn't myself 
i was nobody else 
that i couldn't be 
like you were nobody too 
to somebody who's exactly like me 
so sleep, let her sleep 
and dream up the dreams we can keep 
oh my, my marigold, marigold