The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

He bought her a diamond for her throat

He put her in a ranch house on a hill

She could see the valley barbecues

From her window sill



See the blue pools in the squinting sun

Hear the hissing of summer lawns



He put up a barbed wire fence

To keep out the unknown

And on every metal thorn

Just a little blood of his own



She patrols that fence of his to a Latin drum

And the hissing of summer lawns



Darkness, wonder makes it easy

Darkness, with a joyful mask

Darkness, tube's gone

Darkness, darkness, darkness

No color, no contrast



A diamond dog, carrying a cup and a cane

Looking through a double glass

Looking at too much pride

And too much shame



There's a black fly buzzing

There's a heat wave

Burning in her master's voice

Hissing summer lawns



He gave her his darkness to regret

And good reason to quit him

He gave her a roomful of Chippendale

That nobody sits in



Still she stays with a love of some kind

It's the lady's choice

The hissing of summer lawns



Darkness, darkness

Darkness, darkness

Darkness, darkness

Darkness, darkness

Darkness, darkness