Play Dead

Got a line in my head

For every time that I was spoken for

An open mind so the words are read

That you were are waiting for

You’ll come from nowhere

Find my hands are in the jar

Without the money

And my head between the bars

So I play dead

And you can roll me over and over again

If I’m not ready

I guess you got a wool to pull over tonight

Taking your aim and hunting the game

That never tires of

Staking your claim to hang in your frame

But do it out of love

It’s like you know just where

My trail is coming from

There’s no outrunning

When my wheels are going numb

Then I’ll play dead

Looking like something passed over before

I clear my head

Emptying the matter all over the floor

And every helping hand is just aces and eights

But I don’t have a heart to say

That I can see to the end of this life that your living

Though I’ve been so blind

Well we can walk to the end of this land that we’re filling

Carve it in the rock, your words against mine

And I could get to the bottom of the case that you’re building

I just need to find a jumping off point