To The Dogs Or Whoever

Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
 Down with the deep blue jail around her
 Running her hands through the ribs of the dark
 Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc
 I love the way she looks in her underwear
 I lose my page, then the book, then the plot, then I swear
 She makes the most of her time by loving me plenty
 She knows there'll come a day when we won't be getting any
 The stain of the sepia, the butcher Crimea
 Through the wreck of a brass band I though I could see her
 In a cakewalk, she came through the dead and the lame
 Just a little bird floating on a hurricane
 I was flat on my back, my feet in the thorns
 I was in between the apples and the chloroform
 She came to me often, I was sure I was dying
 It was always hard to tell if she was laughing or crying
 I thought I heard somebody calling
 In the dark I thought I heard somebody call
 Joan never cared about the in-betweens
 Combed her hair with a blade did the Maid of Orleans
 Said Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war
 You don't need to tell me who the fire is for
 Oh, and bring me the love that can sweeten a sword
 A boat that can love the rocks or the shore
 The love of the iceberg reaching out for a wreck
 Can you love me like the crosses love the nape of the neck?
 Was it Casey Jones or Casey at the Bat
 Who died out of pride and got famous for that?
 Killed by a swerve, laid low by the curve
 Do you ever think they ever thought they got what they deserved?
 Don't pity the bullet, but pity the man
 Who both find their place in the same sad plan
 Who both are like the barrel going over the falls
 Crying all the way down, I never asked to be involved
 I thought I heard somebody calling
 In the dark I thought I heard somebody call
 General George began the day by taking pink little pills
 Sent his men to the top of some hell of a hill
 Through the whisper of trees came artillery breeze
 He said I love the way the wind comes a'tickling my knees
 Jane shot the apple right between the eyes
 I was thinking of her when you came outside
 Lemonade on your breath, sun in your hair
 Did I mention how I love you in your underwear?
 Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
 Down with the deep blue jail around her
 Running her hands through the ribs of the dark
 Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc
 I thought I heard somebody calling
 In the dark I thought I heard somebody call
 I thought I heard somebody calling
 In the dark I thought I heard somebody call