Joanna Newsom

Svetlana sucks lemons across from me,
And I am progressing abominable,
And I do not know my own way to the sea,
But the saltiest sea knows it's own way to me.
And the city that turns, turns protracted and slow,
And I find myself towing the bacadero,
And I find myself knowing the things that I knew,
Which is all you can know on This Side Of The Blue.
And Jaime (Jamie?) has eyes black and shiny as boots,
And they march at you two by two, re-loo, re-loo,
When she looks at you you know she's no where near through,
It's the kindest heart beating This Side Of The Blue.
And the signifieds butt-heads with the signifiers,
And we all fall down, slack-jawed, to marvel at words,
While across the sky sheet the impossible birds,
In the steady, illiterate movement homewards.
And Gabriel stands beneath forest and moon,
See them rattle and boo, see them shake, see them loom,
See them fashion a cap from a page of camus,
See them navigate deftly This Side Of The Blue.
And the rest of our lives will the moments accrue,
When the shape of their goneness will flare up anew,
And we do what we have to do, re-loo, re-loo,
Which is all 'at you can do on This Side Of The Blue.
For it's all you can do on This Side Of The Blue.