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Open Wide


I left the disco before midnight came
before my eyes got smoked up
and my interest waned
I’d been fired up to party but my body wouldn’t play
I was recovering from the battles in my head that day
that day
threw out the window all desires and dreams
then they rose like steam
clouding up the glass

I ran to catch them it was not too late
I found my hopes there napping
on a subway grate
so I begged them to forgive me for my faithless display
we wiped the mud off from our trousers
then went on our way
a way
to ask the questions that tear at my smile
I know it will be a while
‘til I find a way

I read the paper it had been some time
to let those words lie waiting
seemed to be a crime
so I dove into those stories as I never had before
and the sadness almost trapped me in the subway doors
a door
opens my heart up to the world outside
if I let it open wide
then I will survive

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from Open Wide, released October 29, 2002

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