Julie

Is it gold?
 Is it snow?
 Is it all the debt I owe?
 That money buys on a clock
 On a silver studded bead
 That I wore back then
 When my head was thin
 And I sewed and I sewed
 All the ribbons on my coat
 Seventeen past a year
 Only breath could keep my heels
 On the street
 Thanking broad strong backs that built
 All the roads and mines
 That were left behind
 Digging coal, digging coal
 Used their bodies to feed their homes
 Picking at the meat, dear
 You won't break my wish
 I took my half
 Throwing out the seeds, dear
 Hope this dirt will bind
 And grow a tree
 Saffron blows in the yard
 Getting tossed a tasseled toe
 Keep your hair tied for touch
 In a brown unfolded bun
 When it fell back down
 Did it leave your crown
 With the cloth that you bought
 That was eaten by the moths?
 Calling out a wave, dear
 Calling out a wave will be your grave
 This will last your life, dear
 Ocean is a boy who wastes his day
 Calling out a wave, dear
 Calling out a wave will be your grave
 This will last your life, dear
 Ocean is a boy who wastes his day