One To Three

Artists : Les Savy Fav : One To Three

don't place your bets on me just yet
I'm only half-way home.

this racket takes it's toll
my scams are smooth and cold.
I'm bathing in a fountain
and I'm not getting old.
I crave to catch an edge;
break bones and cartilage.
send back the architects of Carthage
take down the flag
forget the pledge.
I'm only half-way home.
puff out your chest and step to the sun
its done its best to burn everyone
whose gotten half-way home.

cut me in 2 3
1 2 save, 1 2 waste, and 1 2 eat.
I cut myself in 3
1 4 us, 1 4 them, and 1 4 me.

drinking pots of coffee
till every drop is gone.
painting a portrait
of Ponce deLeon
out of clipped nail
from the hands and the feet
of every lost and stubborn soul
I hope to ever meet.