long slow slide

[ti:Long Slow Slide] [ar:Jewel] [al:Goodbye Alice In Wonderland] [00:00.40]Long Slow Slide [00:03.67]Jewel [00:18.36]Lights are bright in the circus [00:25.56]The geeks and the freaks all light cigarettes [00:31.19]and laugh at your misery [00:35.28]While the white of the curtain closing crushes your heart [00:43.19]The inertia of loneliness tears your flesh apart [00:52.38]It s a long slow slide [00:56.62]It s a long slow slide [01:01.01]It s a long slow slide [01:08.05]Down [01:09.83]Once the neon is gone [01:12.26]There s still that golden splinter at your side [01:19.20]His manners are charming [01:21.35]But who are you fooling [01:23.11]You re still nobody s bride [01:27.19]And Bukowski s widow [01:30.98]Haunts each empty seat on the ferris wheel [01:36.29]As ghoulish lovers collide [01:39.20]in a collage of kisses that they steal [01:44.76]It s a long slow slide [01:48.39]It s a long slow slide [01:53.07]It s a long slow slide [02:00.31]Down [02:21.82]And outside your window [02:25.11]you can see the circus it s lurching [02:28.91]with rings of smoke [02:30.78]You laugh halfheartedly at the punchline [02:33.98]Not realizing they ve made you the joke [02:39.06]And inside you re heart a war is raging [02:43.16]A region still untamed [02:47.31]The worst fear I can imagine [02:50.86]is for the mystery to be named [02:54.12]Is for the mystery to be named [03:02.17]It s a long slow slide [03:07.08]It s a long slow slide [03:11.44]It s a long slow slide [03:16.75]It s a long slow slide [03:19.90]It s a long slow slide [03:24.02]It s a long slow slide [03:34.83]Down