Lantana

Different and good Easy to please A cheerleader's skirt on the backseat A childhood worth forgetting Her twenties damn depressing She eyes another age She turns another page You change your name You don't stay the same So it's heartbreak tonight And

Looking for a hand to hold There to pull and push against Even now we're dancing Longing for a place to know Where branches reach, lantana grow And butterflies take their poses Come My lover girl Did you grow an inch today Once you were a tiny thing

Small town stars shine bright for a day The moon lights up a watery grave Woods move in the nighttime breeze That lifts from the lake through the trees On the night that defined my name Fantasy or monster, you say Watched my boys ride the incline dow