One Horse

hail mary 
 you're conveniently buried this evening 
 missed me dodging bullets 
 on a subject that is not worth repeating 

 i wish you were my mother and i wish you couldn't hear 
 i wish these memory lanes promoted growth instead of fear 
 i wish i wasn't forced to rob a grave to pull you near 

 hail mary 
 here's the new baton to pass in the relay 
 between the bathhouse 
 and the colored mountains lining the freeway 

 i wish you were my lover with your hands in place of ears 
 i wish that co-dependence could sustain us through the years 
  
 i wish that wrecking fantasies could pass for a career 

 no one turn the light on in the morning 
 someone turn the light on in the morning 
 somebody turn the light on 

 hail mary 
 is this golden ticket all that you've left me? 
 for the therapist to pawn off and retire off the proceeds 

 i wish you were in person what you are in souvenirs 
 i wish i could remember if my last words were sincere 
 i wish i could construct a better song for you my dear...