Rather Have Arms Than Wings

from Vampires and Other Oddities by Pike & Yonda

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A car-bomb exploded in the streets of Bagdad
today. She bathes his wings in babies tears, and flies away. A lonely knight on silent steed, inside his shining armor bleeds...He got blown away.

Wished upon a Silver Star, now he’s living with the lost boys on the moon.
A little birdie said to me: I’d rather have arms than wings.

I’m strapped to a hell-bound train. I’m buried in metal rain. I’d rather have arms than wings.

There’s this queen called Hate. She’s the mother of blue smoke and burning rubber. She’s the reason that we do these things to one another
This princess pulled by puppet strings
She packs her tangled bag of dreams
Dives into the wave.

Fell into a wishing well
Now she swims with the mermaids in the sea
A little birdie said to me: I rather have
arms than wings.

I’m strapped to a hell-bound train. I’m buried in metal rain. I’d rather have arms than wings.

There’s a felon in the cockpit of Air-Force One He’s the Cowboy King, the Lone-Star Son.
Did he get carried away?
I’d rather have arms than wings.

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from Vampires and Other Oddities, released August 4, 2015

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