Lena Is a White Table

first you go up the hill (don't forget to say the church) the church why? I don't think... (in case they miss the turn) let me do the talking (you make mistakes sometimes) well, so do you too (never let me talk) yaahhh - drink your beer this is no surprise they're always arguing they're from down in... (darts my friend?) and when you reach the top out on the scraggy backs just there say - you must be new a movie camera! (ooohh!) well - I wouldn't go (darts?) don't! (over his shoulder as he goes to play darts) who is that with you? (darts my friend?) how does she hang the clothes climb up on herself? there's a house (white) a back porch (grey) just a table there (don't forget the laundry line) yes - nobody knows how far it goes (many men have died) baloney. phooey. past the fishing banks probably past the edge of the earth maybe oh come on and sometimes there is a chair the table legs they never move waiting and pressing and the clothesline stop don't move CHORUS: well, maybe she should go to school no, no... she's a table Lena's a white table and in the afternoon and in the autumn air the porch is bare and still there is a waiting there and flint the laundry line apples rolling down the hill WINDOW: I hope that she's here what if she's not here I don't think she's here I hope she's not here don't you think she's here I don't think she's here and sometimes there is a chair the table legs they never move waiting and pressing and the clothesline stop don't move CHORUS: well, maybe she should go to school no, no... she's a table Lena's a white table well, maybe she should learn to pray no, no... she's a table Lena's a white table we saw her waiting by the line which line? the laundry line waiting for the clothes to dry what if she freezes in mid-air? no no no no no...