Cow Eyes

Have I got cow eyes? Madman thinks I'm mad
Bums, they say, "It's not so bad"
Well, the weather's fine, it hasn't rained
When it does, I'll just lay down again

And prairie dogs that live out west
Want to build the softest nest
And some will do their very best
So their sweet babies can rest

And wild rice that grows down south
May avoid the hungry mouth
The more they grow, the more starved shouts
Will dry out in another drought

Is it true that you have been feeling better?
Well, you're just tired of the temperate weather
Pull your knees into your chest
Do your best to be of good character
We're just tired of the temperate weather

Oh, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la

Don't go out in the rain, the rain
You might come home with wet hair and a cane
Your poor bird you found yesterday
Has gone half bald, and all you can hear him say is

"I love you, I do, I do
I love you, my darling, so true
I love you, I do, I have to
I love you, big water so blue"

Husband says to wife in bed
"Will you still kiss me when we're dead?"
She said, "What are lips but extensions?
What are arms but awkward limbs?
What are eyes but an aging lens?
And what am I but an old tin can?"

Is it true that you have been feeling better?
Oh, well, you're just tired of the temperate weather
Pull your knees into your chest
Do your best to be of good character
We're just tired of the temperate weather

Oh, yeah, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la

Dear grand jury, this is my bad story
My father, the flesh, has gone array
He says "Don't get married or start a family
'Cause they are just children, they will die someday"

So please hold my mother, console my brother
Tell my sister, "Please, Albuquerque's too far away"
And the sun was awful while I grew unthoughtful
Till the coyotes and the cacti were all coming out to sing
And they say

"Is, is something, is something wrong?
Oh, is, is something, is something wrong?
Oh, is, is something, is something wrong?
Oh, is, is something, is something wrong?"