oh, Athena chorus: oh, Athena please get me out of this city and their intoxicating lights oh, Athena won't you weave me something pretty to capture the moonlight oh, Athena I'm so scared they bleach their teeth and faces and hair the grass is sold on a roll what else can they control ? oh, Athena where's the love ? fading starlight from above can't shine through and morning dew dries up the sun must pollute chorus oh, Athena the city calls these people hide behind painted walls the clouds look starved like Hallmark cards in potted trees their names are carved chorus cause it can't penetrate the filter of the sky I'm curled up like a leaf here tell me why I'll break just like the rain from the sky oh, Athena, why did you make me this strong ? oh, Athena, tell me have we been waiting long ? oh, Athena, where do I find flowers anymore ? without drugs and sex and manicures they get bored oh, Athena, if they'll all die in the swimming pool oh, Athena, take me to the ocean where'd they get the notion that divinity is just a tool ? <--- back * home * next --->