Sister Cities

Hop Along - Sister Cities (2013) Single
See the old man?

On the bridge?

He's 

hauling up a sagging net.

It's full of eels 

twisting through the eye sockets of a horse's head

And this fiend has no family

So he will outlive

you and me.

In the hospital you talked about

thumbing down that truck ride

for the first time

and the false friend

kept his back turned

that's when you learned

the fierceness of man

again.

How long it took to reach the

Sister Cities

And then somehow make it back

just to tell me, "Yeah, I guess I'm still

pretty mad."

Every other day

the same long road to 

the old man down the street.

Neither one of you knows

what the flowers in your hand

are supposed to mean.

Help! My uncle's gone insane,

in his room he sits

shaking a geranium!

Outside, the old dog, resigned,

leaves heavy tracks for the father

dragging the rifle to find.

Every other day the same

long road to the old man down the street.

Do you think someday, through all the flowers,

your eyes finally will meet?

Where he'll tell you, "Honey, you know I had to shoot that dog

you loved so much. You know I had to do it. Aw, honey you know I had

to shoot that dog you loved so much, you know I had to do it."

"Yeah, I know you had to shoot that dog I loved so much

I know you had to do it."