Michael Penn Lyrics
"Half Harvest"

I don't care that you won't quit this notion
Of burying the carnival
But what the hell is in your potion that's made you so dull?

So I cannot make a blind from sawdust
Much less a cool millennium
But I'd much rather feel the heat of August
Than be sheltered and numb

So move out of your bed of roses now
I'm putting in a bed of nails
Cause missiles, guns and rubber hoses will land me in jail

This paradise is slowly crumbling
From here to Wilshire Boulevard
But the rubble over which you're stumbling
Just isn't that hard

What did you do with all that grace now?
What did you do with all my wine?
What makes you think that just cause you dress bright
Means that you shine?

So move out of your bed of roses now
I'm putting in a bed of nails
Cause when this whole production closes
Then innocence fails

Weren't we supposed to shine
Like half harvest never shone
Shine like half harvest never shone
Shine like half harvest never known

So move out of your bed of roses
Now I'm putting in a bed of nails
Cause when this whole production closes
Then innocence fails

Shine like half harvest never shone
Shine like half harvest never known
Shine like half harvest never known
Shine like half harvest never shone
Shine
Shine like half harvest never known
Shine