Take the baby's cane away and hide his little braces

Left to his devices, he still wants that rocky road

Feed him all your fables and your periodic tables

Fabulous, a fatalist is what he wants to be

But you drew the poison from me

Picked me off the bayonet tree

Pulled me like a tooth that kept your nights from finding sleep

Move into a bungalow and disconnect the phone line

Hello, grace. It's been awhile

Your footsteps can go unnoticed

That's not to say that you weren't missed

But I guess you weren't invited

I never lacked for company

It's for care that I was wanting

But you drew the poison from me

Picked me off the bayonet tree

Pulled me like a snaggled little loose tooth

It's these late admissions that are driving me from sleep

I admit that I admire admiration's name

But if you come back to my senses, I won't try to reason with you

Knowledge gained is knowledge used. It never works out different