Carmel Swirls Playin in Her Eyes

carmel swirls playin in her eyes
they re dark and profound but they also shine
i lookd up to meet the face id seen
many years before the dust settled sound
she once told me
she defied the roarng currents
that tried to knock down
every hope and dream of her own
she said she'd seen the pope
with a scope she bought
and always made her watery eyed
maybe the glass was a little sharp
carmel swirls playing in her eyes

when you traved the snow cappd cones
of the alpine meadows and saw playful voles
and you ate forgotten beef
and drank a cola costing half your keeps
cold as it all has been
i stil see carmel swirls playing in your eyes

when your plane arrived half an hour late
the engines roared and made you deaf
and a dead dog you once had seen
lying there on barren ground
picking lady bugs' wings off their backs
and drownin' fish in the wind
cutting up unborn pigs
who'd never gonna know
what porckchops are
carmel playing in your eyes

you let out a playful laugh
and spoke in layman's voice
man, what warmth there is
"please dont send me carnations, please
they remind me of bones and crawling worms"
youve decided to rebel gainst the norms
and avoid to conform
i guess in past lifetimes you werent a sheep
and i suppose you arent one yet
carmel plays swirling in your eyes

said of teachers who steppd on you
and friends that gone too far
ate taquitos and laughed like burritos
my plate is becoming thin
the coldness of the drink is makin' it wane
carmel swirls playing in her eyes

i drank once for me
and drank another two for her
she grasp'd my anorexic waist
youve gotten taller and i shorter
the shrunken head of mine
before big as a bear's
at the lake i told you what went on
of tangled lines and failed tries

my watch is broken, minutes flew by soon
an hour eaten along with our food
all this covnersation is doing me good
carmel swirling in your eyes

your lashes perky as they are
your eyes wide and alive
so many people walking dead
who havent fed
you study the ways of men
and women and children and elderly kind
telling me you wish it done to you with fewwords said
if just you'd le'me make it real
for the one
with carmel playing in her eyes