The Sleeping Beauty

As I drove away over the dead leaves of your southern town In the mirror I saw you wave, in the mirror I saw you As the autumn fell until I made my turn, I thought, oh well I thought well, this could be the last time I see your beautiful hands Your frozen hands, your trembling hands That could not hold on to any heart that's warm or any lie that's cold Your hands are paper burning in the sun I like to get there safe, I like to get my sleep I'm selfish with my time like it was something I could keep Oh, but you know the truth that never helped you much It only beat its drum, it woke sleeping beauty Yeah, it woke her up too much, it woke you up too much The bankers, the liars and the thieves They want to sell you into a life of fear They call it a plan that will make you free But nothing's free, you taught me that my dear No one could love the way she loves With the blind purity of a honey bee Oh, but now that sweetness feels like a mistake I grieve It only poisons my life, becomes a prison I, a prison I never wanna leave As I drove away over the dead leaves And merged into the stream of those who know their lines Stagnant reasons why we travel so far away from our hearts Like flies caught in jars, little flies buzzing in cars