Transient Global Amnesia Blues Rodney Crowell

[Verse 1]
A sunflower growing on a narrow raft in a fog bank on the Thames
Adrift above the tide slime where nothing holy swims
Wherever did it come from? Likely bird shit someone said
Just a random freak of nature that refuses to play dead

Oh to be that, stand up straight past seven feet or more
Aye, she ain’t no faux silk pansy, boys, what washed up on the shore
So let us stop and marvel for as long as we can spare
Seems you have no need for heaven when your heart's already there

[Chorus]
Would that I should be so bold
Greatest story never told
Worth the wait in solid gold
Would that I should be so bold

[Verse 2]
I dreamed on sunshine skyway bridge ‘tween Tampa and St. Pete
Titanic and the iceberg and the twain still yet to meet
I was running 'long side Jesus Christ, plumed helmet and red cape
When I vowed unto the Prince of Peace to aid in his escape

When I felt the spear go in me from the right side to the left
I was streaming "Mississippi" (see Bob Dylan, Love and Theft)
When Jesus turned to thank me for the gift of second sight
I waved him off, “No worries man, I think I’ll be alright”