Hey Paper Shoes, What Happened To You? (G C D)
dear hawksley, I hated your last record when I first heard it
dear hawksley, I bought your last record when I first saw it
but I thought it was boring, apocalyptic and pessimistic
I wondered what happened to your crazy enthusiasm
I love it when you get a little crazy
dear hawksley, don’t get me wrong, I don’t want you to be crazy
but sad house daddy, open up the door
and come on now, you soggy old airplane wing

where is the love?

dear hawksley, my old roommate bought last night we were the delicious wolves
and I thought jealous of your cigarette was the coolest thing I’d ever heard
and when I was in korea, my brother sent me lover/fighter and almost a full moon for christmas
I opened them before christmas, because I knew it would be something good
and it was just what I needed
but hawksley, I hated your last record when I first heard it
what happened to the light in your eyes, the spring in your step
hey paper shoes, what happened to you?

dear hawksley, I heard you had a broken heart
and you put it in a little room, with a big piano, and an eight-track
and I have to respect that
but hawksley, I still hated the record

I didn’t hear the hope, I had no time for understated compassion
no time for sadness
I was in love with a boy, I was in love with the world
I was in love with everything yes, loud and shouting and chasing success

I was in love

dear hawksley, I’ve been spending time alone
I’ve been spending time at home, I got a new home all alone
I’ve been slowing down and letting in the quiet
and my heart, is tired and broken

dear hawksley, I listened to treeful of starling
dear hawksley, I finally heard treeful of starling
I listened nine times today to treeful of starling

I get it now

a moth is not a butterfly, and I can take the time to cry
and everyone keeps falling in and out of love, and I’m tired
and you are too beautiful to be in bed with me
but I will still write you a song
because we will still need a song
cuz it’s a long life
and I’ve got to rise past the darkness I’ve seen

dear hawksley, I’m glad you made a treeful of starling
dear hawksley, I’m glad you found a treeful of starling
dear hawksley, I’m glad I bought a treeful of starling
dear hawksley, I’m glad I found a treeful of starling
it was just what I needed

I’m not in love