Fossils (Peggy Sue)

Oh fossils, you lie there, And you pickled yourself with the liquor you drink You learned to walk But now your will it shrinks Stand tall my love I call as you sink Oh fossils, turn your flesh to stone You've incased these bones In a body that will not grow. And these hands are prone to stray To keep dark thoughts and fears at bay And they'll creep upon a spine that is not yours They long for new notes, new notches, chords. And I dripped salty water on your kitchen floor It was meant as a gift But it was taken sore I thought the puddles pretty As the glistened raw But you've spent your whole life Cleaning mess that was not yours Oh fossils, you lie there, And your family like lichen Will cling to your skin You made your stand, But now your will it shrinks Stand tall my love they call as you sink Oh fossils, Turned your flesh to stone Now the sand that trinckes through your veins is moving slow And I'll look a ghost in the eye each day Till my head is stone and my pillow clay And these hands were the first that would go astray But you never used your own to make them stay So when i dripped salty water On your kitchen floor And I thought you'd be thankful But you took it sore And you said these puddles princkle Till my skin is raw. And I've spent my whole life cleaning mess. I won't clean yours.