Drag City - You and Me, Bess lyrics

We picked our way Down to the beach Watching the waves dragging out of our reach Tangling tails like a sodden sheet Dangling entrails from a gut of the sea Hoarding our meals Alfalfa and rolls Trying not to catch the cold eye of the gulls I hope mother nature has not overheard Though she doles out hurt like a puking bird You stayed for the winter No one told us about the laws of the land I hold my own but you with your hunger You and the other hand Make yourself known And when we were found I know we both grieved My heart made the sound of snow falling from eaves You and me, Bess We was as thick as thieves So I swore nonetheless Up and down, it was only me So they took me away And after some time Studying my case must have made up their minds By the time you realized I was dying Must have been too late I believe you were not lying a little It is the day I Wait with my ears co*ked up like a gun Like every day of course Yanked by my wrists to the Sugar front court yard Now tell me what have I done? Seems I have stolen a horse and I Step to the gallows Who do you think that you are? Arching your hooves like a crane in the shallow Gutters that line the boulevards Powdered with folks who just stare as I hang It's all the same Kindness comes over me What was your name? It makes no difference I'm glad that you came Forever I'll listen to your glad neighing