Old Simon Stimson

Old Simon Stimson was once in love with me
when I was solid as a smokescreen, bluer than a tree.
But all of this has changed and now I'm faster than a clam--
I'm sober as a churchkey, just as happy as I am.

Once I could get by on the forty-dollar dole
in a carton made of duct tape on a pallet on the floor
bottle empties quick these days, and flim has come to flam.
but it's kind of hard to tell when you're as happy as I am.

Brilliant as a box of hammers, fragile as the moon,
stylish as a jaybird, sneaky as a spoon.
Heavy as the bluest note, true as any sham,
safe as a house on fire, just as happy as I am.

I was dreaming that you were what I was dreaming of,
louder than a lighthouse that's been whispering of love,
funny as the Pope on fire, ferocious as a lamb,
and all I hope... is that you... are...

As stormy as a teacup, as fragile as the moon,
stylish as a jaybird, sneaky like a spoon.
Heavy as the bluest note, true as any sham,
safe as a house on fire, just as happy as I am.

All I hope is that you are as happy as I am.