Eagle on a Pole

Saw an eagle on a pole
 I think it was an eagle
 Watched its shadow fly 'cross the cement
 I woke up in the snow
 All the trees were crowds of people
 No coat, no shoes, no idea where they went
 I followed the fence line, thin
 Back where the yard begins
 My woman, she stood crying like a man
 Said, where have you been?
 Where have you been?
 I thought you said that all of that was done
 El Cielo es azul
 Just don't go telling everyone
 Thought the kettle was a train
 Thought that Monday was a door frame
 I tried so hard to finally settle down
 Heard the fire pop and snap
 Like a tack piano rag
 I never could get used to happy sounds
 But I hope the world's exposed
 A cruel and elaborate hoax
 That convinces me to walk without a cane
 But what can you do?
 What can you do?
 I always heard that what is done is done
 El Cielo es azul
 Just don't go telling everyone
 The past don't ever quit
 Those boxes in the attic
 Baby shoes and taxidermy dreams
 While the ashes of the dead
 Like a dandelion head
 Explode and then are scattered by the breeze
 And it's such a long way back
 To all the fun I had
 When nothing ever seemed to bother me
 But what can you do?
 Child, what can you do?
 Sleep beneath the stars and toil in the sun
 El Cielo es azul
 Just don't go telling everyone
 El Cielo es azul
 Just don't go telling everyone