Flash Cards Songtext
von Kelly Joe Phelps

Bouncing across the lake of ten years
Like a stone tossed from a burglar′s hand
And I hold in my breath and I'm sinkin′
Waves in circles like memories slowly fade

Remember me when you look across the lake
When a fish caught hard on the line
Fights for its own life
Pulls free of the tether
And floats away in the wind

In the throes of a distant fight
Ending in a war by landing down on your side
So another playing boy might find the day
Skip it back not knowing his part in this messed up game


Juggled in the hands of ten long years
Lighting colorful wands of fire
In the arms of a red-eyed one
Life held tight purple lips and tongue
That mumbled and spit out curses

And the young boy's line was "I'll show you"
In the twenties was "Watch me burn in this fire"
In the thirties was "Jesus, God, where did I go wrong?"
Forties was "Good Lord, how much more along the way?"

I′m halfway into the end of the chapter
And no ink left in the well
No happy ending that says "Done"
Bandages cover my body
And no desire to swing the bell

Oh, I got no desire to swing the bell
Yeah, I got no desire to swing the bell
Oh, I got no, no, no desire to swing the bell
To swing the bell, yeah
Swing the bell
Gotta swing the bell
Desire, no desire
To swing the bell