Dog Prophecies

My mother's in the garden, my brother's in the yard
Dad's under the car, swearing at God
In the late July evening, I'm watching the sky
Usher my grandfather one last goodbye

As the pink fades to orange, I am wishing once more
I were nine and that time were a friend, one of mine
I go (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh)

But now, who am I kidding? Never had one of those
I swirl in the backyard, I run with the ghosts
As the neighbor's dog barking his prophetic spout
Your youth is a crown that you're doomed to lose now
And the war's on the home front, it's coming by twos
As the late July heat crashes over you
And if love had a spark, it went out on the Fourth
It was buried in the backyard, why carry the torch?

Now it roams through the garden where the vegetables grow
And my mother, the gardener, where she will stop
I don't know (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh)
I don't know (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh)

(Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off)
(Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me)
(Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off)
(Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me)
Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off
Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me
Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off
Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh

Now my brother, he's a good one, he was born a grown man
Knee stains of cut grass, still he's coming in last
Too soft in the middle, the town turns up its nose
Can you see through my riddle? To the child still wearing his clothes
Can you get close? Still wearing his clothes
Can you get close?

The Midwest has fallen, Downtown wants it back
Hope they have a cement that can seal up the cracks
Take my stone fruit and thunder, lock it up tight
But no city street show can block out the sight

Of my mother, my brother, my father, and that late July night
Of my mother, my brother, the gardener, and that late July night

(Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off)
(Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me)
(Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off)
(Heavyweight, take a break, take a break)
(Take a break)

Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off
Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me
Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off
Gravity, gravity, have some grace
Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off
Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me
Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off
Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me