My New Green Coat

Lyrics for My New Green Coat

Photoautomat Portraits of a thousand nights spent dining But mostly wining with angels Some stick out their tongues Some of them slept in my bed And a few of them even had funerals My collection of Items signifying love They don't all spark joy but they all have meaning Meaning tends to sit On the surface of the past Because memories, like objects and people need cleaning My new green coat Has got a belt that I can tie Into a knot when I want it closed tightly My new green coat That my dear friend gave to me Is the most recent, best thing I have She told me that it lived In the Met museum And I could see it, in a case behind glass Reasons to stay packed in boxes Safe from the risk of belonging Prolonging my hesitance My ceramic dog Wags its tail as if it sees you crawling From the night through my window Turn it upside down And see the letters of my name Arranged in no particular way Ren and Stimpy toys The first obsession in my life Reminds me of the meaning in an object This one was my first I hesitate to call it "It" He has a name and once he almost got lost in a fire That I set Reasons to stay, I'm uncounting them 'Cause you are the reason that kept me And I'm taking what's left of me Reasons to stay, I am weighing them 'Cause staying feels like a coercion And leaving desertion