gamma ray

if i could hold

hold out for now

with these icecaps melting down

with the transistor sound

and my chevrolet terraplane

going around around around

come on little gamma ray

standing in a hurricane

your brains are bored like a refugee from a house that's burning

and the heat wave's calling your name

she's got a cactus crown

with a dot dot dot on her brow

and she speaks inside a cloud

with her countenance turning around

it hit me like a gamma ray

standing in a hurricane

i'm pulling out thorns

smokestack lightning out my window

i want to know what i've lost today

come on little gamma ray

standing in a hurricane

your body's bored

like a refugee from a house that's burning

and the backwater's calling your name