Whatever It Was Greg Brown

She's got a slant 6 mind and a supercharged heart
The little princess is singing about her parts
She says, "Come hither", but when I get hither she is yon
I was looking for what I loved. Whatever it was, it's gone

TV spreads and tension mounts
Like a guy in a bra it's the idea that counts
It's a picture of a picture of a whore holding a picture of a john
I was looking for what I loved...

In the chemical fields by ammonia light
I would offer my prayer to the Corn Goddess tonight
But they chopped off her head and stuck her body out on the lawn
I was looking for what I loved...

My generation takes what it can get
Are you surprised that the kids are all upset?
They're looking at Nothing and Nothing turns away and yawns
I was looking for what I loved...

Can't go to the country - the country isn't there
It got chopped up and mortgaged and vanished in thin air
It's a paint-by-number and it costs a million bucks down at the pawn
I was looking for what I loved...

An electronic head and feet of clay
Gonna be a lotta roadkill on the Information Highway
Someone stole the video of the everfresh and lovely dawn
I was looking for what I loved...