The Man Who Said the Obvious

Set fire to the maps

'Til a cloud of smoke

Covers our eyes

Like a big black cloak.

Cut the cards

It's a brand-new deck,

Baby tilt your head

Let me kiss your neck.

Play the silver strings

For the silent face,

Spread your feathered wings

We will leave this place.

A cold wind blows

Through your temperament,

She says "All those words

Will never pay the rent."

She took off with the realist,

With the man who said the obvious;

She canceled her appointments

For the man who said the obvious.

I'm your 911,

What's your emergency;

Take a long deep breath,

What's your urgency?

Just a bitter laugh

And she walks away,

The boom went bust

And it's time to pay.

She threw away the manuscripts

For the man who said the obvious,

She vanished like a magic trick

With the man who said the obvious.

Someone to praise the worth,

And give her dreams of noble birth;

A golden clasp a diamond brooch,

A pumpkin turning to a coach.

'Neath a purple sky

Baby check the box,

In the lilac fields

Baby punch the clock.

'Neath the swallow's wings

Baby count the beans,

In the river song

Hear the money ring.

Her eyes became oblivious

For the man who said the obvious,

She put on her whitest dress

For the man who said the obvious.