curled with my teeth against my knees I am scratching at my consciousness like a bitch with fleas I think you'll be greatly pleased to learn that yours was the hardest itch to relieve this is me without my hair welcome to my open stare I got nothing to hide no more why disguise what isn't there I am an eyesore I am a detour you can find me crying on the shoulder of the road and I will tell you what you want to hear before you go and that is that yours was the hardest itch to relieve I've mapped out my course looks like it's all uphill I've got a heavy heart to carry but a very strong will it's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret in fact it's so hard that I haven't actually left yet.... but i will. she had a mean streak three miles wide it was a long walk to the other side she tried to get through it holding on to her smile but she wasn't worth the time it takes to make that mistake she just wasn't worthwhile she's been under command of the wrong man and she'll give you everything except the upper hand she was her mother, and her lover, and her wife now she wants the luxury of her own life how sad. somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight other days the line tends to deviate I've got no criteria for sex or race I just want to hear your voice I just want to see your face their eyes are all asking are you in, or are you out and I think, oh man, what is this about? tonight you can't put me up on any shelf 'cause I came here alone I'm gonna leave by myself like you really care. there's a thousand shades of white and a thousand shades of black but the same rule always applies smile pretty, and watch your back he said "baby, do you like to fool around" "baby, do you like to be touched" I said "maybe some other time" "fuck you very much" cuz i'm too drunk to make a mistake like that. I'm gonna roll you over gonna peel you back expose your tender center watch the juices flow from the crack gonna peel you out of your protective shell or I might have to break right in there and raise some hell beacuse you made me this way. when you look in the mirror do you see visions of your past I ain't got time for halfway I ain't got time for halfassed when I look in the mirror I see my days to come and my face is just a trace of where I'm coming from where am I coming from? just outside the circle of light is where I've been living my whole life you've got to jump into the center and launch your attack and then you've got to crawl back in the corners where it's really black where you belong. I am evening the score I am cutting the umbilical cord curled with my teeth against my knees I am scratching at my consciousness like a bitch with fleas I think you'll be greatly pleased to learn that yours was the hardest itch to relieve all scratched out. take her now.