They Told Me I Was a Fool - Jandek

You got real fancy instincts

But your mouth is so large

I think I see a hundred people in it

I guess you like it that way

Because youў‚¬"ўre a flop

And there ainў‚¬"ўt no more wringer washers

To roll your fingers through

I see your insides arenў‚¬"ўt the same since 1951

Youў‚¬"ўre dying inside a window

I saw your face all cut with glass

And underneath the window

The hands you dug your grave with

You could have built an empire

He would have helped you now you know

Youў‚¬"ўre going to fetch the wind

On a unicorn

Feet all dangling down

Wish them well at the marketplace

I fear a fiery face

Is staring from the future

Itў‚¬"ўs not the way

They told me I was a fool

Well itў‚¬"ўs your friend and mine

And ???

The sky is black in a blue night

The winter is true or so it may seem

Carnival tricks in the corners

The floor is made of tracks

That follow your footsteps