I Wanna Be A Sheep - Ezra Furman, The Harpoons

I was a wolf for so long, I went up toward the moon

And devoured the defenseless sheep like baloons

That were tied to a railing and would anyway soon

Be deflated

I met you in between my carnivorous meals

And your hair was so soft and your body was real

And the layers of leaves blew away to reveal

A new pathway

Now I’m tryin' to hide my love away, be discrete

But you’re a reason to change and end my violent streak

A reason to be normal, a reason to bleed like a sheep

I just wanna be a sheep

I just wanna be a sheep following right along with the crowds

A ballon with my head floating up through the clouds

And a little white string holding me to the ground

Could that be you?

It could be you

I just wanna be a sheep

Now the clock on the wall plays a sinister game

It treats every twelve hours exactly the same

And you cannot return and you can’t get away

It keeps going

And everything you’ve done you can never undo

So I knew that it’s useless to try and be new

But when you keep your eye on me, steady and blue

I keep trying anyways

And that eye watching me makes me not want to hurt

I don’t want to draw anymore blood on your shirt

And I don’t want to stay up and paw through the dirt

I need sleep

I just wanna be a sheep

I just wanna be a sheep and be gentle and docile and dumb

And o hear a voice call me and know I must come

And a shepherd to lead me and to forget where I’m from

Could that be you?

It could be you

I just wanna, I just wanna be a sheep

Yes, I am the one who’s been killing the flock

I admit it and now that you’re over the shock

Would you take me and keep me and turn back the clock

With your pretty little hand?

I just wanna be a sheep