Ginkgo! by Jess Kallen

Everywhere that I go
Anywhere that’s not home
I got a habit of spinning fiction
Spinning out, moving in
A new town everyday
On an open road outstretched in benediction

If I let everything go all at once
It’d be too soon to know exactly what I lost
Like a ginkgo after the frost
Making a quick change

Rolling out of hotel linen
Missing you, but I get my fill
Watching strangers pass by in the park
Weird day, wistful weather
Way out here cable sweaters
Are the rage, that lady matches with her dog

If I let everything go all at once
It’d be too soon to know exactly what I lost
Like a ginkgo after the frost
Making a quick change
I could change any minute, don’t blink, you might miss it

I’ve been stuck in a dream
Where we skip town for the trees
And pitch a tent on some forgotten ground
Ditch our gear, sell the car
Save my dad’s old guitar
Getting lost in hopes one day we’ll be found

If I let everything go all at once
It’d be too soon to know exactly what I lost
Like a ginkgo after the frost
Making a quick change

I’m letting everything go all at once
It’s still too soon to know exactly what I’m losing
Like a gingko after the frost
Making a quick change
I could change any minute, don’t blink, you might miss it

• Alternative
• rock
• Los Angeles