[Intro]

(Fast, rhythmic acoustic guitar strumming, the sound of a match striking)

[Verse 1]

You keep your clocks in a velvet box

Counting the seconds of the garden phlox

But I am the rust on the weather vane

Waiting for a heavy and honest rain

[Verse 2]

Your bed is made with a silk-white lie

Under a ceiling like a perfect sky

But I prefer the cold and the biting draft

The jagged lines of a broken craft

[Chorus]

Don’t pour your honey on my open scar

I like the shadows just the way they are

You’re a polished diamond, I’m a fallen star

Too much sugar in a smoky bar

[Chorus]

Go chase the sunrise with your golden lace

I’m just a ghost in this dusty place

There’s a kind of beauty in a ruined face

That your gentle heart could never embrace

[Verse 3]

The tea is steeping in a porcelain pot

You’re saving all the virtues that you’ve got

I’m the tangled weed in the vacant lot

The only lesson that was never taught

[Bridge]

[Instrumental solo: Fiddle playing a frantic, minor-key melody]

A wilder wind is calling out my name

And I’m not a moth that you can tame

[Outro]

Keep your silver spoon

Underneath your moon

I’ll be gone by noon

Too soon, too soon.

(A final, sharp chord on the guitar)