Small crimes 
Smiles stretched on 
old trees 
Strike your match so 
lightly 
Watch the crooked 
smoke rise 
Empty praters to 
heaven 
Just a mask of 
blue sky 
Look away to 

Small crimes 
Kick the dog for 
eating 
Leave your old self 
hungry 
Watch in coldest 
pleasure 
Tell the world what 

Ever turns you on is fine 
with me as long as 
Matches don't get wet 
Warm winds calling me a 
coward make me smile 
They can't convince 
me now 
Burned prayers turn me 
on to nowhere sick 
and empty 
I don't feel so bad 
Ever turns around again 
says to me softly 
Start the fire now 
Small crimes sever 
used-up old 
considerations 
Freedoms not so great 
All fears burn up 

They said hold on to the 
stairway railing 
Meaning everything 
is meaning 
Something makes it hard 
to keep track 
Hold on found me 
tangled forest 
Growing got my 
driest summer 
Small crimes held my 
match box tightly