Geckos

Capo I
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Cattails in the culverts where I
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pulled my limping car to stop
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Redwings skim the alfalfa fields yes
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some transplanted crops grow well

As I laid the star wrench down
something silver caught my eye
Fluttering tangled in the branches
of tumbleweed just going dry
(And the thunder moon rolls on and on
(I lost my roses in last summer's heat)


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And the geckos bring me presents in the morning
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Earrings stolen from my dresser,
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	screwdrivers I've lost
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	And the mockingbird he sings his song
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	Of every pretty bird that's come and gone
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	You can only dance that tune so long
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Before you pay the cost
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Oh, I've surely paid the cost.


I found the burrow's mouth among
The bush's roots, and all around
A hundred fairy footprints ran
amazing that they'd lasted this long

The thorns released her ruined wings,
Torn and bent by the wind;
I cradled her in both my hands,
Those moonstone eye gone suntroke mad
(And the thunder moon rolls on and on
(I knew that I would have to put her down)


And the geckos bring me presents in the morning
Pebbles stolen from my garden,
	phone calls that I've lost
	And the mockingbird he sings his song
	Of every pretty bird that's come and gone
	You can only dance that tune so long
Before you pay the cost
Oh, I've surely paid the cost.


I left her world so long ago
I thought that I had no regrets
Learn to love the midnight stars
Or build your armor 'gainst the sky

The road goes on; I drove by stores,
Apartment blocks, construction sites;
Beyond the cemetary walls
The patient lines of flowers wait
(And the thunder moon rolls on and on;
(You can only pass those walls so many times.)


But the geckos bring me presents in the morning
Postcards stolen from my dreamtime,
	innocence I've lost
	And the mockingbird he sings his song
	Of every pretty bird that's come and gone
	You can only dance that tune so long
Before you pay the cost
Oh, I've surely paid the cost.
By now, I've surely paid the cost.