[Verse 1: Issac Brock]
Smells like autumn, smells like leaves
You don't know that you'll rust
And not belong so much
And then get
Left alone

Suck it up, take a ride and
Take a walk
And don't you know
That old folks' home smells so much
Like my own

[Verse 2: John Orth]
The hotcha girls at the palisades
Dime store keets, pretty birds, pretty mouths

Mama's little truck stop rose
Her dancing feet, her happy laugh
We were dropping dimes on the ponies
In the cul-de-sac
Casting shadows
Throwing sparks

[Issac Brock]
The mail came from miles away
The postal man is always late
And we wait
[John Orth]
We left our teeth marks
On the barrel of a gun
The clipper ship across your chest

[Issac Brock]
Glass eyes and the wooden teeth
The engines rusted in deep deep sleep, it waits
To awake

[John Orth]
Turns out the pony
Only had one trick:
A wink for the truck stop boys

[Issac Brock]
Tight lipped with a big old mouth
The government workers all headed south
While it rained

[John Orth]
They learned it all
From the Polaroids

[Issac Brock]
Glassy eyes and the wooden teeth
The engine rusted in disbelief
Away
[Verse 3: Issac Brock]
Smells like autumn, smells like leaves
You don't know that you'll rust
And not belong so much
And then get
Left alone

Suck it up, take a ride and
Take a walk
And don't you know that
Old folks' homes smell so much
Like my own

Time bends light
Paint's all peeling
Wait outside
Take four rights

[John Orth]
The hotcha girls at the palisades
Dime store keets; pretty birds, pretty mouths

[Issac Brock]
Glass eyes and the wooden teeth
The engines rusted in deep deep sleep
It waits
The mail came from miles away
The postal man was always late
And we'd wait
Tight lipped with a big old mouth
The government workers all headed south
While it rained
Glassy eyes and wooden teeth
The engines rusted in deep deep sleep
It waits
It waits
It waits
To awake