Hummingbird

A cheap sunset on a television set can upset her

Floating fast like a hummingbird
But in the deep chrome canyons of the loudest Manhattans
And then back down like a feather
Standing still in your past

But in his car and in his arms
A fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her
In a sleeping bag underneath the stars
Floating fast like a hummingbird

No one could hear him

Or anything
She appears in his dreams
But he never could

A hummingbird
A dream can mean anything
So he slept on a mountain
Standing still in your past
Would never let him die alone
His goal in life was to be an echo
Remember to remember me

He would lie awake and count them
Standing still in your past
The type of sound that floats around
Remember to remember me

Remember to remember me
And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way
Floating fast like a hummingbird