Eggshell

Limits of the river's sideways sliding to the south

Rounding out the boundary of the plain

Darkening the carpet at the far end of the house

Summer spurred a seizure in my brain

Ambulances came

Weaving and whinin' siren down the highway

Leaving a smilin' silence in your life, babe

And even you're sharin' cherry-cola mind

Fragile as an eggshell, eggshell

Buried me, remarried, you were barely getting by

Just you two and justice of the peace

Split out to the city, you were really getting tired

Finding what reminded you of me

But the kids you had to keep

Doing their best impression of the dead, babe

Leaving a smilin' silence in your best days

Resembling every memory you have left

Up in your sharin' cherry-cola head

Fragile as an eggshell, eggshell

Eggshell, eggshell