Burn and Shine

Chords by: Justin Makeig (makeig@nwu.edu)

Burn and shine, son

And keep your spirit clean

For this is not

A dress rehersal

Junior Phoenix

With your ash-filled eyes

Who will harbor

Your misfortune

Your mother says your father says

He does not want to tell you

As if he didn't know you

Behind the lighthouse

There's still the hole you made

Better fill it in

Or it will get you

So talcum powder

Is now your closest friend

Smooth and white

And ordinary

Your father says your mother says

She does not want to tell you

As if she didn't know you

And in the dream everyone is holding hands

in a circle and you heal

Do you remember

The taste of pemmican?

Then say hello

To Hiawatha

She's still frowning

At your puffy face

Overweight

And barely breathing?

No one ever said a word

They did not want to tell you

As if they didn't know you

As if they didn't know you

As if they didn't know you

Burn and shine

You burn and shine...