You Go On Ahead (Trumpet, Trumpet II)

You go on ahead for awhile

I would like to follow you awhile

You go on ahead for awhile

I would like to just follow you awhile

And I'd like to watch the white flash of your heels as they take turns breaking the desert Heat to beckon me in languages I've never learned

And I'd like to have you navigate two hills where no musicians live and on the way Decide what mendings of your will you're willing to forgive

And I'd like to think the actors never banded

And I'd like to throw this trumpet down and go on empty handed

And I'd like to think I am not one of them but I know I am

So I'd like to just follow you awhile

You go on ahead for awhile

I would like to just follow you awhile

And you go on ahead for awhile

I would like to just follow you awhile

When me and the boys were out

We killed a thousand butterflies

So I put their wings into my mouth and said a prayer for our safe arrival

And then a big black car crossed our path

And I wondered whether or not that ship was empty

You go

See the sirens and the lizards lick their tongues behind the stage

See the actor keep a ritual to keep them all at bay

He would like to come home naked without war paint on his face

And appear before you, virgin white if virgin's are still chaste

So when you've got to wait

And you've got to wait (x4)

And you've got to wait for me

And I will appear before you virgin white if virgin's are still chaste

Then I'd like to just follow you awhile

And if there are two eyes in my head there are four seasons

In a year

And reflections on the water of a burning yellow sphere

And the days add up to weeks add up to months

And add up

And add up to years

And if reflections on the water sometimes look like burning tears

We can watch them change in shape without pushing off the pier