Gauguin Gone Hollywood Songtext / Lyric

He talks a lot but never talks to anymore at all

He shakes his fists at busses and old posters on the walls

He knows someone who knew something about J.F.K.

But his friends are just the shadows in the halls and alleyways



The rumbling frozen pipes whisper secrets in the night

In the coffee grounds, his fingers sketch a portrait of his wife

She knew the legal eagle when his wings swept through the stars

Before he shut the furnace down and sealed away his heart



It's Gauguin gone Hollywood again

A sleeping giant inside a rabbit's skin

Tahitian doors beyond the painted veil

Another simple mind adrift

Like Gaguin going Hollywood again






The day lacks color, day are duller than a butter knife

Rusty water running through hands out of touch with life

A man of independent means, he'd have us all believe

A soul who throws his wings away before he goes to sleep



It's Gauguin gone Hollywood again

A sleeping giant inside a rabbit's skin

Tahitian doors beyond the painted veil

Another simple mind adrift

Like Gauguin going Hollywood again



If only for a moment, the dead weight were alive

An invitation for the flame to shine a light inside

Illuminating darkness, giving him release

Then someday in his trash can we'll find a masterpiece



It's Gauguin gone Hollywood again

A sleeping giant inside a rabbit's skin

Tahitian doors beyond the painted veil

Another simple mind adrift

Like Gauguin going Hollywood again