I SHE'S THE ONE I

(she's the one
you waited for)

when i wake up
see her face then...
pull my clothes on
tend my bruises

II AMERICA II

it's over
for you and me in America
we tried and failed every time
but we don't need their America

(wedding bells)

tore up our nerves with a gas
and broke all our bones and our teeth
we tried the best we could to be strong
but baby, what if they're wrong?
what if they're wrong?

(ashley)

III HOLD ON TO ME III

hold on to me
darling, we're free
all of our fears
can't hurt us here

hold on to me
i can be bleak
i'm evil and unfair
you still hold my hair

hold on to me,
i fucked the whole thing
all that i do is hurt you

hold on to me
hold on to me
hold on baby
don't leave me in here
all alone

(ashley)

IV ANSWER THE PHONE IV

you answer the phone
can you answer me idiot
this arguing in our bones
can we quit it?

you grow up and sing
can you please just get better at it?
make your poems hurt less
make you worthy

(get better at it)

you hold on to me
we ascend then think better of it
we swing into nearest grocery
burn it down for insurance money

(when he comes home he weeps)

we're both on our own
i can't find the rhetoric
To build this castle for two with you

(must get better at it)
(when he comes home he weeps)

V 02/20/16 V

all the amber lights have gone
seldom feel like this at all
all i know is i want you

all the kingdom torches they're lit
all the kings in laughing fits
all the tender touch by the aging dust

all the skin no one has touched
all the things no one has said
all the things I never knew I needed

oh i need you
i need you baby

VI HOLD ON TO ME (REPRISE) VI