The Cool Change

Hello old friend
Are you back again?
I can hear your rings on the pavement
Nice to see you
Keep up appearances
But must you bang so hard on my basement?
All your plants are dead
Balance in the red
But you always paid your way
Better not to say how

After Collingwood
Saw you as you were
Shot for Hollywood
Draped in dirty fur
This town was not big enough for the one of you
Doors were too narrow and the chill wind blew
Felt it in you bones
Rolled away the stone
You rose again in the northern autumn

But when you lay me down sweet and slow
My heart won't fight it
Stone cold
Flying like a hawk
Skyward

In the city of dreamers
There were so many like you
Snowflakes melting in the perma-sun
Bands on the run
It was warm at night
But cold inside you
Though it never rained
Sometimes hurricaned
With you in the eye of them
They'd always spare your hair

But When you lay me down sweet and slow
My heart won't fight it
Stone cold
Flying like a hawk
Skyward

They called you the cool change
Cause when you darkened the doorway
Someone's life was about to get clouded
But not me though
I was the one
Who thought the sun shined from your
Eyes
When you smiled
You were the chosen boy
And you chose to ride the wind

But When you lay me down sweet and slow
My heart won't fight it
Stone cold
Flying like a hawk
Skyward