Missy - The Airborne Toxic Event

Missy got off the bus one day

In a crowded depot, downtown LA

She looked around as if to say

«I'm home.

But, I’m home

I’ll find someone to love, and someplace to drink

And some time when I can just sit and think

And I don’t mind if I catch the stink of these drones

Lord, of these drones

Just as long as I’m never alone.»

She had eyes as big as porcelain plates

And skin as thin as paper drapes

And she loved the Lord the way as apostate loves songs

And she’d sing to him before she went to sleep

«I pray to you my soul to keep

You’re a shepherd, then I’ll be your sheep until dawn

Oh, until dawn

Well, I’d follow you even if it was wrong.»

I met her one night at the coffee shop

A face so bright my heart just stopped

«Hello, my dear, I fear I’m not what I seem

I’m not what I seem

I should’ve become a better man

I should be more deserving than

The beggar, thief, and courtesan I’ve been

Oh, that I’ve been

Well, I swear I lied, I curse all of my dreams

But I swear there’s still some good in me

And I think if you stuck around you’d see

All the honest attempts at integrity;

I was had

Maybe if you helped me, I’d get it right

Well, I’d stay awake almost every night

Staring at the ceiling wondering why I feel so bad

Why I feel so bad

Oh, I swear, I swear, I swear I’ll never get sad