Eugene - Live

Light struck from the lemon tree
 What if I'd never seen
 hysterical light from Eugene?
 Lemon yoghurt,
 remember I pulled at your shirt
 I dropped the ashtray on the floor
 I just wanted to be near you
 Emerald Park, wonders never cease
 The man who taught me to swim,
 he couldn't quite say my first name
 Like a father he led
 community water on my head
 And he called me "Subaru"
 And now I want to be near you
 Since I was old enough to speak
 I've said it with alarm
 Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
 where you hid your cigarettes
 No I'll never forget
 I just want to be near you
 Still I pray to what I cannot see
 In the sprinkler I mark the evidence
 known from the start
 From the bed near your death,
 and all the machines that made a mess
 Far away the falcon flew
 Now I want to be near you
 What's left is only bittersweet
 For the rest of my life,
 admitting the best is behind me
 Now I'm drunk and afraid,
 vwishing the world would go away
 What's the point of singing songs
 If they'll never even hear you?