the phone repairman

I got the chorus for this song almost a month ago, and I had been poking at it almost continuously ever since because my spidey senses (not pictured) told me it was gonna be a good one. It is! I hadn't done any guitaring for like three days, but apparently the break was part of what I needed for this thing to finish brewing. And yes, the second verse contains a deliberate reference to the Peacemakers song "Leaky Little Boat", which I love very much. I also love YOU very much. So there.

People of Springfield! I come to you with a terrifying message of hope...from the future!
~Homer Simpson, in that one Halloween episode where guns were banned

[the phone repairman]

my hat prevents the wind from freezing off my ears
but it still gets into my eyes
my day's spent near accountants talking dumplings
I make sure their shit's alphabetized
show me where it is written
I must demonstrate my competence to be admired
where is the world where everyone will love me
for the stubborn shape of my desire

the phone repairman
ain't been there yet
and I'm callin, I'm callin,
and I can't get get get get get get get
through, through, through

I scrawl out messages, stuff them in bottles
toss them from my leaky little boat
what I fish from the waters and unroll
I never feel completely sure you wrote
we seem to see the same world
when we talk about it hand to hand and eye to eye
but since we both were little girls
we knew that it was possible, was possible to lie

the phone repairman
ain't been there yet
and I'm callin, I'm callin,
and I can't get get get get get get get
through, through, through

I used to feel a pinprick in my conscience
when I stepped inside a big church door
whatever god is never shuts up
most religion's just a way of keeping score
if I do right by you it's cause I love you
I don't need another reason now
true holiness and beauty
always find a way to bring me to my knees somehow

though the phone repairman
ain't been there
I'll keep callin, keep callin,
until I get get get get get get get
through, through, through
to you, to you