Pick up the rock
From beneath the
Eyeless newt slides out
He knows but won't tell
How we all came to be
On this spinning orb
In the year 2001

Jingo Jango Tango
Dancing across my heart
Trample not the freshly buried
The clock is ticking
The bomb set to explode
On the anniversary of your sorrows
Woe that we have come
Apart in the year 2001

Can we not curl up
Ride  your black wings
To ice cream skies
Your pulse ticks
Syncopated, demonstrated
Castigated
Life dreams us and we
Do what it pleases
Pray for redemption, child
Be not cursed to find yourself
Alive in the year 2001

Jesus wears online skates
A cell phone to his ear
He can't hear your whispered petitions
You've lost your "In"
A dotcom has come along and
Supplied the answers
Blood red pouring into your latte
Help us, Mother Mary
In her Versace gown
Strutting down
The runway in the year 2001

Forgive yourself
For needing attention, kindness
Kisses sweet behind your ears
Swaying you gently
Waves lapping against the side
Curse not that you sought solace
It's because
You live in the year 2001

He writes Love
Carry it beside your heart
Into next year's frozen desert
It'll warm you back to life
The greedy fool
Taps his hollow cane on the door
Hide from him a bit more
In the year 2001