Backwaters

Sun so high
 Water hole's dry
 I wanna give up
 But I don't know why
 Sun so hot that meat cooks
 In the shade
 Saw a lemming
 It was choking on death
 It's mother'd kicked
 And broken its neck
 I've never seen blood or milk
 Mix so divine
 I've never seen such beauty
 So maligned
 Brother said
 "Brother never done me good"
 Nodding a face
 Full of campfire soot
 Been burning
 Up our coals
 Sting like a bitch
 I catch a lift
 On the last bus home
 To the end of the line
 For what coppers I own
 I get thrown off, hit on, beat up,
 Before I drown
 In the murky backwaters
 I'll lay my body down
 Fifty stars above my head, and
 Thirteen scars run through my chest
 Blue and red blood
 Become my veins
 Blackened eyes
 And a purple nose
 I've got missing teeth
 Got a lot of those
 Oh, Marigold
 You've never done me no harm
 Marigold, in debt to you
 Don't ever wanna say
 The things I've thought of you
 Marigold, I wrote you
 A love song