The Mountain Goats — Dilaudid

[Verse 1] The reception's gotten fuzzy The delicate balance has shifted Put on your gloves and your black pumps Let's pretend the fog has lifted [Verse 2] Now you see me Now you don't Now you say you love me Pretty soon you won't [Verse 3] If we get our full three-score and ten We won't pass this way again So kiss me with your mouth open Turn the tires toward the street And stay sweet [Verse 4] All the chickens coming home to roost Plump bodies blotting out the sky You know it breaks my heart in half, in half When I see them trying to fly 'Cause you just can't do Things your body wasn't meant to Hike up your fishnets I know you [Verse 5] If we live to see the other side of this I will remember your kiss So do it with your mouth open And take your foot off of the brake For Christ's sake!