Alanis Morissette's Hand in my pocket sums me up quite well...especially these verses: I'm broke but I'm happy I'm poor but I'm kind I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah I'm high but I'm grounded I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby I'm free but I'm focused I'm green but I'm wise I'm hard but I'm friendly baby I'm sad but I'm laughing I'm brave but I'm chickenshit I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
"The killer awoke before dawn. He put his boots on." (Um no, I don't usually kill people, but I'm always awake before dawn, and I have a kickasse pair of boots. Luv that line.)
"Fall on You" by Moby Grape. I was tripping in an artist's house with canvases on all the walls, including one behind the sofa that my head kept leaning against until I was told that canvas can sag from that kind of weight. A little later, I heard Moby Grape playing, and when it came to that song, I was sure the lyrics said "All the time you're worried that the painting's gonna fall on you"!
Dressed in purple velvets With a flower in her hair Feel her gentle spirit As the champa fills the air She wears rubys on her fingers Tiny bells upon her toes She's the finest thing I've ever seen Love that ring inside her nose Flower Child yeah Flower Child yeah She's a psychedelic princess On a magic carpet ride And where her trip will carry you Is somewhere you can't find She's on a plane of higher consciousness Meditation is the key She's got her shit together Cause her soul and mind are free Flower Child yeah Flower Child yeah She's a child of Martin Luther As a freedom fighter she Speaks of liberation on the land And on the sea Her eyes are made of sunshine And her lips are jelly sweet Flower Child yeah Flower Child yeah
For a minute, I thought you were quoting "Ahab the A-rab": With rings on her fingers And bells on her toes And a bone in her nose Ho ho