It became a running joke, Could I ever write down what we just said? The truth flares bright between us, Then vanishes, baby, vanishes instead. If everyone planted a garden here, Nobody would go hungry, dear. Some grow weeds, some grow gold, The rest of us trade what we’ve been told. Rule number one I scrawl in ink: Don’t start from what you’re not. Blueprints for a better me? Tried it. Failed. Forgot. This is my evil plan yeah! Grow tomatoes, then the frying pan, Be the lizard king if I damn well can. Not just normal, baby -I wanna be grand. Sing poems at the dive bar, write checks I can't cash, Do yoga, drink whiskey, then make a mad dash. So, he thought he was the Lizard King. Well, me too-I swing like a pendulum thing. Thinking I can be a writer who drinks, Not a drinker who writes. He called me Lizard Queen, I laughed Then lost myself inside a draft. (Draft of what? Doesn’t matter, still a writer, still a scatter) The sublime and the stupid side by side. A burlesque of truth I no longer hide. I don’t want safe. I want fun. I want to strip down in the midday sun. Wear the crazy thing like it's my skin Pretend it’s my first time again. This is my evil plan! yeah! Grow zucchinis in a coffee can, Channel ghosts from a soda stand, Be Beer Garden royalty, bare feet in the sand. Write epiphanies in traffic, burn bridges with flair, Treat strangers like prophets pretend I care. What happens? (What happens?) What happens when I stop pretending? (Stop pretending!) What happens when the beat keeps lending Me a life I can dance in, A life I can end in. This is my evil plan, to grow what I can, In a beer-garden town with a notebook in hand. Don’t want to be a brand, don’t want to be bland, Let me be strange, this is my evil plan. Not perfect, not polished, just real as I am, Let me be messy, let me be grand, Let me begin, this is my evil plan. Stand up straight. That’s the start. That’s the whole damn plan. (yeah… yeah…) Stand up straight. That’s the start. That’s the whole damn plan. 2025 Lyrics by Nikki H. / GenXDreams
