Soap and water

take the day from my hand

scrub the salt from my stinging skin

slip me loose of this wedding band



Soap and water

hang my heart on the line

scour it down in a wind of sand

bleach it clean to a vinegar shine



Daddy's a dark riddle

Mama's a headful of bees

you are my little kite

carried away in the wayward breeze



Soap and water

wash the year from my life

straighten all that we trampled and tore

heal the cut we call husband and wife



Daddy's a dark riddle

Mama's a handful of thorns

you are my little kite

caught up again in the household storms



Daddy's a dark riddle

Mama's a headful of bees

you are my little kite

carried away in the wayward breeze