You gotta be cautious if you’re that happy
might end up like Ophelia,
the fool who slept with Hamlet
Now she tries to climb the miles of bars
while singing a ballad
of cathederials and sunsets.

You gotta watch out walking the concrete vaults
where your words ring dull
you pull a Lear for her Cordelia
so right in your position, looking to your stars not you limits
or catching a fragile glimpse of the sun
and what it’s dealing ya.

I met a dancer who said she’d been assulted
somewhere in between
she offered me salvation at the bottom of a bottle
then asked for a dream
I could no more leave her then I could my home
total devotion
is what it takes, a free spirit that kills while it grows
the principle of motion

Baltimore is a tatoo on my right arm
a badge to be worn
searching out a clearing
somewhere in the mist there’s even a place
for the homeless and selfish
to make it to the morning

you gotta be cautious if your that happy
Pull a Lear for her Cordelia
or end up like Ophelia
Right in your posittions, looking to your stars not your limits
Standing alone with the strength of Lot
not blowing away having turned to salt