Calico Coming Down

String lights and dog fights out on the Messa It's prom night in junction, it's cut out in letters Shadows and dust, white skirts and rust Burn on the frontier, like you knew they must Jet planes shine above the town Calico colours coming down Calico colours coming down Valentines and cheap wine, spin in silhouettes Marylyn and cobain sharing back door cigarettes Sweethearts and cowboys are twisting up like sparks Fathers in their kitchens, drinking whiskey in the dark Hear that barking lonely hound Calico colours coming down Calico colours coming down Collect up your kisses, the hall begins to clear Cinderella on the dance floor in a swimming pool of tears Shadows and dust, white skirts and rust The emptiness of those hills and that deep dark hush Someone will have to wear the crown Calico colours coming down Calico colours coming down