Trapeze Swinger
Iron & Wine

Please, remember me

Happily

By the rosebush laughing

With bruises on my chin

The time when

We counted every black car passing

Your house beneath the hill

And up until

Someone caught us in the kitchen

With maps, a mountain range,

A piggy bank

A vision too removed to mention

But

Please, remember me

Fondly

I heard from someone you're still pretty

And then

They went on to say

That the pearly gates

Had some eloquent graffiti

Like 'We'll meet again'

And 'Fuck the man'

And 'Tell my mother not to worry'

And angels with their gray

Handshakes

Were always done in such a hurry

And

Please, remember me

At Halloween

Making fools of all the neighbors

Our faces painted white

By midnight

We'd forgotten one another

And when the morning came

I was ashamed

Only now it seems so silly

That season left the world

And then returned

And now you're lit up by the city

So

Please, remember me

Mistakenly

In the window of the tallest tower call

Then pass us by

But much too high

To see the empty road at happy hour

Leave and resonate

Just like the gates

Around the holy kingdom

With words like 'Lost and Found' and 'Don't Look Down'

And 'Someone Save Temptation'

And

Please, remember me

As in the dream

We had as rug-burned babies

Among the fallen trees

And fast asleep

Aside the lions and the ladies

That called you what you like

And even might

Give a gift for your behavior

A fleeting chance to see

A trapeze

Swing as high as any savior

But

Please, remember me

My misery

And how it lost me all I wanted

Those dogs that love the rain

And chasing trains

The colored birds above there running

In circles round the well

And where it spells

On the wall behind St. Peter's

So bright with cinder gray

And spray paint

'Who the hell can see forever?'

And

Please, remember me

Seldomly

In the car behind the carnival

My hand between your knees

You turn from me

And said 'The trapeze act was wonderful

But never meant to last'

The clown that passed

Saw me just come up with anger

When it filled with circus dogs

The parking lot

Had an element of danger

So

Please, remember me

Finally

And all my uphill clawing

My dear

But if I make

The pearly gates

Do my best to make a drawing

Of G-d and Lucifer

A boy and girl

An angel kissing on a sinner

A monkey and a man

A marching band

All around the frightened trapeze swingers

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