Knuckle Down

this is my cowgirl alter ego
riding on her barroom bull
dripping with the sweat of irony
as the cowboys whoop and drool
shooting glances at the mirror
to see if her scar is showing
she is truly going nowhere tonight

lecherous old lady
wanna be much to young and shy
flailing her whole life
just thinking she could teach herself to fly
vehement romantic frantic
for forever right now
but forever's going nowhere tonight

sick of goading her self loathing
she thinks i think i'd better leave
course whiskey makes me smarter
and i'm happy as can be
but please excuse me darlin'
it's not you it's me

and there's a dusty old dust storm on mars they say
so tonight you can't see it too clear
still I stood in line and looked through their telescope
looked like a distant ship light
as seen from a foggy pier
and I know I was warned
still it was not what I hoped
and I know I was warned
still it was not what I hoped

well I think I'm done
gunning to get closer
to some imagined bliss
I gotta knuckle down
just be ok with this
I gotta knuckle down
just be ok with this
course that star struck girl
is already someone I miss

cause I swear some stuff you just see better
from further away
and I think I communicate best
the less that I say
and I can't dance
if the band can't play
and the vibe is going nowhere tonight

cause somewhere between Hollywood
and its pretty happiness
and an anguish so infinite
it's anybody's guess
is a place where people are all teachers
and it's just one long class
and that ass gets you nowhere tonight

and there's a dusty old dust storm on Mars
they say so tonight you can't see it too clear
still I stood in line and looked through their telescope
looked like a distant ship light
as seen from a foggy pier
and I know I was warned
still it was not what I hoped
yeah I know I was warned
still it was not what I hoped

well I think I'm done
gunning to get closer
to some imagined bliss
I gotta knuckle down
just be ok with this
I gotta knuckle down
just be ok with this
course that star struck girl
is already someone I miss