Hold On To Yourself

 i'm so far away from you
pacing up and down my room
does jesus only love a man who loses
turn on my radio
there's some cat on the saxophone
laying down a litany of excuses
the madhouse longing in my baby's eyes
she rubs a lamp between her thighs
and hopes the genie comes out singing
and she lives in some forgotten song
and moves like she is zombie strong
breathes steady as the pendulum keeps swinging

you better hold on to yourself

well cities rust and fall to ruin
factories close and cars go cruising
in and around the borders of her vision
and she says oh woah woah woah woah
as jesus makes the flowers grow
all around the scene of her collision
oh you know i would yes i would
i would hold on to yourself

cause in the middle of the night
i try my best to chase outside
the phantoms and the ghosts and the fairy girls
one thousand and one nights like
this she mutters open sesame
and ali baba and his forty thievesg
launch her off the face of the world
well you know one day i'll come back
and i'll hold on to yourself to yourself
oh yeah hold on to yourself
oh babe im a thousand miles away
and i just don't know what to say
cause jesus only loves a man who bruises
but darling we can clearly see
its all life and fire and lunacy
and excuses and excuses and excuses
well you know if i could i would
yeah i would lie right down
and id hold on to yourself
yeah i would lie right down
and i would hold on to yourself
one day ill come back to you
and i'll hold on to yourself
yeah i'm gonna come back
gonna lie down
and i'll hold on to yourself
yeah to yourself self to yourself self to yourself