Cheetah Print Bag - McCafferty

A child’s arms were so thin that they look like sticks

I bet that Jesus Christ will think the crucifix was funny

I wonder if he tells a story at all of his parties

The ones in heaven that I’ll never get to see, motherfucker

Rain, pour down on my face

I taste blood and it tastes good

His casket was open

In the ground, he went

I’ll let you suck my soul from my mouth into your heart

At one point we were two separate bodies, but now one that will never part

I could feel the anger that’s stuck in the ocean floor from the ship

I can’t escape the feeling that I’m drowning deep down in the pits

Love note that she left in her locker

If I could, I would make you mine

Caress, all lit with color

We’re dead, but we feel fine

Dark room that is lit by candles

Spirits, can you hear my cry

Cheetah print bag on her shoulder

My mom died around this time

Last year she was drunk and was angry

Like her mother was too

I remember when she took me on the Ferris wheel

And bought me those balloons

And I remember the way her face looked when she would tell me she needed a drink

Come on mom, come on mom, you don’t need a drink, oh

Rain, pour down on my face

I taste blood and it tastes good

His casket was open

In the ground, she went

Love note that she left in her locker

If I could, I would make you mine

Caress, all lit with color

We’re dead, but we feel fine

Dark room that is lit by candles

Spirits, can you hear my cry

Cheetah print bag on her shoulder

My mom died around this time

Last year she was drunk and was angry

Like her mother was too

I remember when she took me on the Ferris wheel

And bought me those balloons

And I remember the way her face looked when she would tell me she needed a drink

Come on mom, come on mom, you don’t need a drink, oh

Love note that she left in her locker

If I could, I would make you mine

Caress, all lit with color

We’re dead, but we feel fine

Dark room that is lit by candles

Spirits, can you hear my cry

Cheetah print bag on her shoulder

My mom died around this time

«Hey, I wanted to call and tell you I had that dream again about you and dad

again when we used to live on Debbie Drive.

I was playing in the backyard with

Lou and thinking about that time when the climbed this pine tree and fell out

and hurt his arm.

I remember Isabella playing with Polly Pockets,

and I think about how horrible I was to her.

I wish I could go back in time

and drive to Blockbuster with mom and take that old road on Granger that deer

used to run across when it was foggy out.

I wish we could go fly kites at the

Achievement Center and ride our bikes around that lake I thought about drowning

myself in. I wish I could mow the yard again and see lady up at the window at

nothing, and I wish I could hear the doorbell ring when Blain would come over

and we would complain about how bored we were.

And I wish I wasn’t so lost in

my life right now.

I can’t seem to find peace in all this, but I want to.

I don’t know if God is listening, but if he is, I need your help.»