Vintage
The secrets that you hide
When i look down
deep inside
I am looking for the
secrets that you hide
some guys thought
they were in a box
by your bedside
locked with a key
where they could find
no entry
others wished
they were supplied
as if they could
find them with
their slight of hand
but when i look
down deep inside
I'm looking for
the secrets that you hide
could they be in a
chest of drawers
that squeak when you
open them
or under a floor board
up in the attic
could be on
a pony's mane
in the stables
or behind the sauna
where the fishing nets hang
near the picnic table
maybe
some think
they belong
to your first
party dress
or the collage that
you made
when you were
fifteen, when
you look at it now
it looks like
a treasure map mess
unkempt and unseen
but when i
look down deep
inside
I'm looking for
the secrets that
you hide
Johnny thought
it was in the kiss
he stole when
you were 21
when you stood
by the lake
and you let your
hair down that night
the moon sure
was shining
so bright
It lit up his cheekbones
and softened his lips
and you were both
ready to cast off
your clothes and
skinny dip
and you did
but when i
look down deep
inside
I'm looking
for the secrets
that you hide
Jimmy thought
it was a time
when you raced
fast on the back
of his motorcylce
in leather and lace
sitting in front of Mac Donalds
on Sveavägen
both of you posing
in place
but when I look
down deep inside
I'm looking
for the secrets that you hide
Charlie thought
when you had
your first child
a miracle had passed
and that all between you
would magically
transcend
and that
your domestic quarrels would
come to an end
now every other week
pending divorce
you meet to discuss
schedules and homework
and separate holidays
and try to speak
like adults do
However,
July can only be cut
into so many pieces
but, when I
look down deep
inside
I'm looking
for the secrets that
you hide
a fortune teller once asked
me this question:
'When you open
an orange
you find a seed,
What do you
find when you
open the seed'?
Is it the secrets
that you hide?
the apache kid