Bright Eyes — Poison Oak

[Verse 1] Poison oak, some boyhood bravery When our telephone was a tin can on a string And I fell asleep with you still talking to me [Pre-Chorus] You said you weren't afraid to die [Verse 2] In polaroids, you were dressed in women's clothes Were you made ashamed, why'd you lock them in a drawer? Well, I don't think that I ever loved you more [Chorus 1] Than when you turned away, when you slammed the door When you stole a car and drove towards Mexico And you wrote bad checks just to fill your arm I was young enough, I still believed in war [Verse 3] Well, let the poets cry themselves to sleep And all their tearful words would turn back into steam [Chorus 2] But me, I'm a single cell, on a serpent's tongue There's a muddy field where a garden was And I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck out here My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears [Bridge] And I never thought this life was possible You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for [Chorus 3] The end of paralysis, I was a statuette Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench And when I press the keys it all gets reversed The sound of loneliness makes me happier