Lyrics Whatever It Was - Greg Brown

Whatever It Was

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…
You might be streetwise.
You might be real bad
I guess you forgot that you also are a dad
Your kids won’t forget it when they’re trying to find someone to lean on
I was looking for what I loved…
The little towns are lying on their faces
All that’s left are fading parking spaces
It’s been quite a week, there was a drive-by shooting in Lake Wobegon
I was looking for what I loved…
A Native American told me this whole deal’s a mistake
And this implosion is just icing on the cake
If the Great Spirit is gambling, I’d say the con is a bigger con
I was looking for what I loved…