The Weakerthans - Prescience Of Dawn lyrics

The sirens woke me up again I know their coming for me someday, just a matter of when Count to 25 and yawn Touch the clock and turn my back against the dawn and hope for, That one dream Of hardware stores with checkered floors and buckets full of nails Or floating effortless, over the apartment in a boat and rowing past the office windows Mother, Mother may I cry Father will you teach me how to die the right way someday I don't want a second chance to turn my stuttering reluctance into romance, with these Documents and kindergarden anthems with my drunken liturgies Tune the FM into static and pretend that it's the sea But four words fumble for the microphone: You should have known You should have known