Tom P Buckley

Lyrics

[Intro]
[rhythmic acoustic guitar strumming with percussive accents]
[Verse 1]
[male vocals enter, gritty tone]
He-oh, he-oh, he-oh-oh
He-oh, he-oh-oh
Diamond-studded life with a cornerstone of grief
[vocal rises to falsetto]
Oh-oh-oh
Time is just so long, you can't see the end
It's out there in the waste-joy that you throw out
Keep yourself alive
[vocal transitions to sustained melodic wailing]
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ho-ho
[Chorus]
Home is where I lay my head
Where I give myself instead
It's the only place I love
[Verse 2]
[guitar intensity increases]
Here must be the cup
Put in a sharp and heavy yellow stress
Oh-oh
Talking to the last one you were ever wondering about
Oh-oh
Sorry as I go by there upon the road
Oh-oh
Desperate as a deer crossing over your zero
[Outro]
Suddenly I'm gaining on
Oh, that's why you choose
Not what you dare to abuse
It's a seven-letter word
Sitting on a barricade of pain
And all that waste to come
Younger than what you thought you were
Oh-oh-oh
[guitar strumming fades out]