27. three prong cactus island

i've been going crazy writing lyrics lately as a way of procrastinating from spanish school. it's great.

27. three prong cactus island

there's a jesus on every damn hill in this town
and an elvis in each kitchenette
one gave his life to bring joy to mankind
and the other's a deity's pet.
i could spend my life writing these letters to you
to be honest, i probably will
but there's only so much i can say in this town
with a jesus on every hill.

there's a beggar on every street corner round here
and i'm never quite sure if it's right
to withhold my endoresement by keeping my change,
thereby letting him starve for the night
see, what i don't give to beggars, i pass on to buskers
which seems quite a rational choice
but it may well just be that i'm tricking myself:
i'm a fool for a man with a voice

i got a three prong cactus shadowing my stride
and blocking my path to the moon
but i don't plan to worry, i'm not in a hurry
i'm not heading there anytime soon
i got a three prong cactus shadowing my stride
and keeping me safe from the light
so i'm hidden all day from the UVB rays
and i dance round the desert at night

if i wrote you a song, could you help me to sing?
see, i'm not often heard on my own
i can bellow quite loud when there's no one around
but i speak in a growl on the phone
i'm not often pleased by the people i meet
but i'm wholly enamoured with you
and that rough-hewn cast that assembles your past
won my envy and won my heart too

i got a three prong cactus shadowing my stride
and blocking my path to the moon
but i don't plan to worry, i'm not in a hurry
i'm not heading there anytime soon
i got a three prong cactus shadowing my stride
and keeping me safe from the light
so i'm hidden all day from the UVB rays
and i dance round the desert at night

you're the delicate type, but i like you for that
though i fear i will snap you in two
me, i'm strong as an ox breaking out of the box
that would act as his ride to the zoo
i know it may seem that i'm no young man's dream
but darling, you never can tell
i got shade on my stride but there's luck on my side
and an island of cacti as well