HOOK BOY lyrics reunion i was towel snapping danny by the deep end the weekend seemed to draw its own conclusions sentimental as the sun began to fall and the fall was right behind the moon with their baseball caps adjusted just a certain way the boys were betting on the stars to serenade you but no one played you, your eyes were fixed on burning sticks and the fire grew and then i heard you say i can't believe i'm dying forever and a day the devil is a song you hear it on the wind the radio is crying no one can resist a-whisting along-long listen to the bone crack broken back to tell the truth i never knew you had so much to say a penny in the slot i think you scared the other boys away and as for me i don't know what the hell it means but i've seen that look before more and more and there's a static interference in the air if you care to explain, i'd like to see what's going on behind the frozen stare beneath the burning ears what's been eating you for all these years and it's weird and it's winding down weird and it's winding down, winding down and then i hear you say i can't believe i'm dying forever and a day the devil is a song you hear it on the wind the radio is crying no one can resist a-whisting along-long listen to the bone crack broken back (whistle whistle whistle) hook boy (pt.1) i was born with a hook for a hand and a typewriter salesman where my father used to stand ink stained fingers, he would point out my faults boy you'll never make it, take a look at cousin walt who was born with a buckle where his spine supposed to be put another hole in his belt just to pee i said i can do as good as daddy did before and i hooked him by the knuckles and i threw him out the door shar (rhymes w/car) her name is shar, it rhymes with car she like to meet me at the bar saves me a seat when there's a crowd yells in my ear when it is loud shar's got some solid evidence that tap water doesn't make much sense better to have it from a spring no lead is the important thing shar doesn't get me down she buys us another round and when i am feeling sad she tells me where joy is found one day shar met me at the door she said, i can't remain no more i've got to get away from the smoke from the tire factory shar will you send a postcard you knew me when we liked motley crue shar says, let's sit for one more beer kiss me and then i'm outta here shar doesn't get me down she buys us another round and when i am feeling sad she tells me where joy is found the best love i am not accustomed to this good luck c'mon c'mon i'm buying i woke up with a beautiful girl in a slingshot tanktop you would not believe what her name was that's right that's right it's true a miracle in someone like you and i fall into the dumps and i punch my way out of a paper bag when i hear you at the door i believe this is the best love i've ever had hook boy (pt.2) momma stood at the top of the stairs and she says, ya lousy bastard, it was none of your affair she cried in a huddle, she cried out my name my six little sisters did the same and i said, better to be lonely than to end up like him the manual typewriter future is grim i said, i can do as good as daddy did before and i gathered my belongings and i headed out the door like water you press i forgot, lost my car in a parking lot i'll never come this way again i could bite through my lip i'm so angry her nose is running and it's getting dark turning back time, your cast and your line are too high done for the day, your tracks washed away in your mind falling behind one more time, these are things you will never find: time to think, a pot of gold in the kitchen sink like water you press through the sand you see the sunlight through the palm of your hand turning back time, your cast and your line are too high done for the day, your tracks washed away in your mind falling behind finally some luck, it's over there by the pickup truck night fishing, i left the keys in the ignition magic marker got a red magic marker throw it out into the snow see the red spread for miles around just as far as it will go bleed into the snow got a blue magic marker throw it up into the air see the blue spread for miles around careful of the sun when you stare then I see the sky touch down like a parachute dizzy from the fall stumbling left and right can I get another one of those one of those dreamlike yeah I got enough to go around and everyone is digging that sound got a green magic marker drop it down into the sand see the grass spread for miles around breaking up the sidewalk where you stand and then I see the roots take hold river runs cold i can learn to swim I don't wanna grow old can I get another one of those one of those dreamlike yeah I got enough to go around and everyone is digging that sound got a black magic marker drop it down into the well the sun was too bright I blew another night now I got nothing left to sell and everybody dances to the ripple of the wave ripple of a deep black grave copy over and out drop to the level of the sea drop into the wet cold water we are evil and free we are dancing to the ripple of the wave ripple of a deep black grave, copy over and out drop to the level of the sea drop into the dreamlike yeah I got enough to go around and everyone is digging that sound feet down lift me up now faster it's support i'm after and your warm lips telling me OK is your atlas in the car should we keep on driving i don't know if i really want to stay and i've been blinded lookin' into the sun but i can hear you beside me i'm indecisive but i know that you're the one to keep my feet down i wanna keep my feet down and you've got bigger worries you see me in a hurry half here unclear on what i wanna be can i reassure you please if i could set you mind at ease if i could write it down it might come faster and too much time spent lookin' at everyone when i could hold you beside me and i could wander but it wouldn't be as fun as when you smile and surprise me and now i'm blinded lookin' into the sun but i can hear you beside me i'm hyperactive but i know that you're the one to keep my feet down back