100 Lines

I’ve got 100 lines that I’m trying
There’s 100 more I’m not buying

I’m living close to the bone
Close to the heart
Close to the end
Close to the start
And the edge is a place
Under my fear
The words are a wash
I can’t even hear

I’ve got 100 lines that I’m trying
There’s 100 more I’m not buying

I’m living out of my time
Out on a strand
Dreams are a bribe
Fed me by hand
And what’s said is a place
Not I my head
I can’t hear the words
I feel what’s been said

Turn your radio off to hear me talk
Turn your TV set off to hear me talk

All of the others are fine (to hear me talk)
They don’t know that this craziness is mine (to hear me talk)
They can’t understand I’m thumbing a ride (to hear me talk)
Over the edge and to the other side