Tonight it's raining
And the mountains are misty
Reminding me of winter time
Strange that it's late spring
And the firewood is burning
Strange that it's spring
And that in a hotelroom across an ocean
I'm tossing and turning
Only until the same old days
Filled with oleanders and sweet peas
And there's my box encyclopaedia from the 1950's
Glad you shred the old records of Tiger Flowers and Willie Ritchie
And yesterday while I was cutting my lawn
I stumbled on a patch of lemon balm
I thought it might be mint but you told me I was wrong
You sniffed it with caution and said that you were sure
That it was lemon balm
Lemon balm
Lemon balm
Lemon balm
He catches a sniff, with her there's few surprises
Now just open the sun also rises
Lost in the world of charred fish
And in Basque Country Spain
Last time I was in Spain
Was much like here
Mountains mystical, pouring rain
I feel there's so much right in this world
Though I'm told I'm wrong
While they're sipping bottled water
Flipping through pages and chewing on lemon balm
Lemon balm
Lemon balm
Lemon balm
For some true life's they recite biblical song
For some true life's have somebody read their poems
For some true life's they read William Faulkner's The Wild Palms
As for me, I open any old book and chew on lemon balm
While taking photos of flowers recently on the side of the road
We grow with three guys, yo, Mark I love your band
I asked her which one of them was her ex
Which one's her new boyfriend and which one of them
Her future, rest of her life match
Mike said to Robert, "Come on say something ironical"
And that offended to see as to why I told them I was comical
To my question the four of them devilishly grinned
I said, "Nice to me you are but I gotta leave, my head is spinning"
Spinning with what, what do the young men say
I said, "I'm middle-aged and your lives are just beginning"
And I remember when I was young like you
And everything seemed so nifty"
He said, "Don't be so down on yourself, you're the coolest musician we know
Who's in their fifties"
Tonight the rain is falling and the sound of the wood burning stove brings me calm
Tonight and all days over me
I refuse to be a fond
To you and I, this night only belongs
Under-piece, drinking water, waiting and chewing on lemon balm
Lemon balm
Some guys died young in Vietnam from napalm
Some may die happy after eating dinner in Milan
Some will go out fighting while others may go out without a pa
When I die I hope it's a long way away
And that I'm next to you, where I belong
That in my system they found the delicious dishes
Made with lemongrass, garlic, chillis and fish-sauce in
And I bet in my system they find traces of my calming lemon balm
Lemon balm
Lemon balm
Lemon balm