after they took
my love away

with the technicolor birds
and the pressed words on a
glossy page

and the Dj's prayers
after the television waves

Locked inside the institution for
twelve long years
the years of my youth and dreams
and vigor

(after the marijuana trances and
the LSD dances and the malt liquor
advances)

after we crashed all the free cars
big tanks of steel
broke curfew and all the suburban
taboos

The loud pipes broke open all their rules
hobo freedom and bad girl
blues

stranded on the American Highway
I found the Jewel of Montreal
emerald goddesses
gave me shelter

again and again