Occupied Territory

I am waiting in the doorway with my raincoat on
For you to spill your heart all over me
She said to watch I don’t fall into enemy hands
But I am occupied territory
And our armies are massing in foreign lands
To strike fear in their hearts and houses
She said this once was my homeland but now it has been sold
Subdivided into two acre parcels

All the animals that work on the graveyard shift
Laugh in the face of my conviction
They say I can never cure my advanced disease
But I am undaunted in my mission
So I’ve tried to guide my boat toward celestial shores
Where still waters run deep
But fair weather and fair winds are not a sailor’s life
And courage not a virtue given cheap

The sad eyed sandman on the banks of the Danube
Whispers in my ear it’s just for fun
Meanwhile I am drifting towards the water’s edge
Where the current is running deep and strong
And Charles DeGaulle is laughing like he’s back in 1940
And he knows something you do not
She said I am a liar she said I am a thief
She said I am all I say I’m not

But now I’ve offered up my soul to the queen of distraction
She knows what to make of it
She said I am the one with the devastating touch
Everything I touch turns to shit
You crept in with the draft on a cold winter’s night
This morning I shook with a fever
I said Lord where’ve you been I’ve been missing you so long
She said it’s only one night and you were dreaming

I am standing in the doorway with my raincoat on
And you will spill your heart all over me
She said to watch I don’t fall into enemy hands
But I am occupied territory