neon shining star

who let you in?
they didn’t think i’d notice,
maybe cuz you got so scarecrow thin

with your punk rock pins,
and your drilled-out eyes under a snap-down brim
i must admit i knew ya when

you were an outline made of skin,
somebody threw the switch and plugged you in
now you’re a neon shining star
nobody knows exactly what you are.

why did you come back,
to give this song a heart attack
maybe show me what it lacks?

with your poison pen
trying to write me in again
not content with friends of friends

you were an outline made of skin,
somebody threw the switch and plugged you in
now you’re a neon shining star
nobody knows exactly what you are.

you hate what i done
cuz i made something out of none
you think dreaming’s everything, and waking is no fun

but you don’t have to hide, you just have to try
you don’t have to disguise, all i did was decide

i was an outline made of skin
and then i threw the switch and plugged me in
but i am no neon shining star
nobody knows exactly what those are.

© 2003 c holford

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