roaches
Words by Bryon Bowers
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
Kurt Cobain packed up
and took his last flight…
listened to his voice
again and again…
roaches came out
crawling down
from our great tree….
they were in the walls…
in the old chimney
crushed under shoe
and down the drain…
flushed it down
with all my pain
he'll never play the monkey….
on the stage again
he’ll write his words
and feel em
In his heart
I could see his want to flee
I can feel it here in me…
I see the shell around him
on my rich friend’s M. T. V. …
sometimes you want the world….
to just let you be….
[Chorus]
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
all the roaches have come out to fight…
Set it off
Close the windows
Close the Doors
You Graced the Counters…
You Cleaned the floors…
They climbed out Corners…
Any crumb of you
A tasty morsel
for the world to chew…
Set one off
With an air swish boom
Closed the door
Got out of the room
Air can sliding by my ear
Future Cancer balls
Bouncing in the recesses of my mind
[Chorus]
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
all the roaches have come out to fight…
Set it off
Close the windows
Close the Doors
You Graced the Counters…
You Cleaned the floors…
They climbed out Corners…
Any crumb of you
A tasty morsel
for the world to chew…
Get away car
Waiting outside
Packed up
Ready to ride
Sandwiches
Chips
Everything between
I can hear the roaches scream
I can hear them
Getting their affairs in order
Drawing up wills
And taking ease into death pills
They are ready to crawl out
Lay down
Bask in the light
fluorescent bulbs
electromatic fields
Of ancient things
[Chorus]
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
all the roaches have come out to fight…
Set it off
Close the windows
Close the Doors
You Graced the Counters…
You Cleaned the floors…
They climbed out Corners…
Any crumb of you
A tasty morsel
for the world to chew…
Ran in the cold
of a juno morning….
Foot off the boat
mist seeping all around
a father and daughter
Nail shingles down
Cold Alaskan air
On my face
and on my legs…
I stop to catch my breath
there’s a buddha moose
staring back at me
body twisted in tranquility…
[Chorus]
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
all the roaches have come out to fight…
Set it off
Close the windows
Close the Doors
You Graced the Counters…
You Cleaned the floors…
They climbed out Corners…
Any crumb of you
A tasty morsel
for the world to chew…
boat crew tips
My semester budget
imposter of luxury
Pacific tour
Rust around
port hole door open…
stood on the edge
railing metal hard and cold…
looking down for you
in the dark moving sea
contemplated a swim in you
then I thought of a lovely thing or two with you…
and in my heart I began to sing…
[Chorus]
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
all the roaches have come out to fight…
Set it off
Close the windows
Close the Doors
You Graced the Counters…
You Cleaned the floors…
They climbed out Corners…
Any crumb of you
A tasty morsel
for the world to chew…
there's a goodbye
on the radio tonight…
all the roaches lay dead…
as I lay down my head…
And listen softly…
to the words of the dead….