Our Anniversary – Bill Callahan & Bonnie “Prince” Billy (feat. Dead Rider)
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When I was just a little boy I asked my mother what would I be Would I be happy
It’s our anniversary I leave it ajar And go outside To look at the driveway stars
The crickets are chirping And they stop at my step I stop my step And they start up again
It’s our anniversary and the bullfrogs And everything that can sing is Singing its mating song
The soil is steaming The grass is swooning Guns or fireworks are popping down in the town A woman is running And a man jumps up and down
This is our anniversary and you’ve hidden my keys This is one anniversary you’re spending with me
I slide in the front seat The driver’s side To hotwire and hightail crosses my mind But still in the driveway Fixed like the stars I flip on the headlights and go back inside
The climate’s controlled While the battery dies Clipping the wings of your morning flight
This day will end in Some form of excess Pants around ankles Too weak to fully undress
It’s our anniversary A celebration of And here’s to next year Maybe you’ll join me in my car We’ll drive together But not too far
We are far from flowers Cut and dried So let us thrive, let us thrive Just like the weeds We curse sometimes