Paper Towel ********** I'm not immune so I commune With the objects in my home I am caressed by my razor And so am not alone I spoon an oversized pillow I bought for such a use And to the flowers in my garden I am lover not recluse If you my dear were such a flower You would stay and only grow And I would tend to you and water, baby And straight up would you go You would spread and maybe blossom With each passing summer's day And not the suitors from a hundred hives Could draw your love away Then as Autumn shut the light Down in advance of Winter's bite According to true lover's creed You would not die but go to seed For so it is with paper towels And other things about my place The old begets the new And the things I need keep up to pace But you, my dear, you're gone forever You left no silly seed behind Save a rotten pit it lingers Cherry tombstone in my mind You're not a paper towel You're like the wind goes howling You fled as if the Autumn greys Were the heralds of final days Uprooting with your seeds and all Cruel harvest of love's first fall You're not a paper towel (no, no) You're like the wind goes howling (howl) Can't wrap you around my dowel (no, no) You're like the wind goes howling (howl) Bring her back for me Little Bo Peep I've got to find her - I can't go to sleep