Calexico The News About William Lyrics

The News About William Lyrics

Four in the morning the sidewalk's asleep

Dogs on the porch and spiders on the leaf

Shipwrecked by night, sailing through days

Nobody noticed the slipping away



Connecting the dots with thorns in his side

Boarded up the windows with pain and with pride

The music box broken that once was his soul

It's sad little song spinning out of control



Then came the storm that washed the roads out

Closed both his eyes and pointed straight south

Second line drums marched into the sea

While the clouds overhead cried mutiny



They parted for Cathy and her bitter news

As her words failed, the sky grew dim

Recalled how close to that exit I've been



Ours not to reply, ours not to reason why

Well, the news about William

The lifeline retreats, the desire for the breeze

The thorns in his side