Joey Our map is old, the signs are wrong But singing songs, we roll along The wide open spaces Of the land of the free
Anthony As the setting sun grows brighter The towns around get whiter Joey stays smiling as All eyes turn to me
Hao Sheep in wolf country, gaze at taxidermy shops See your beady eyes up there next!
Hao/anthony Sheep in wolf country
Anthony Getting circled by crops Watch your service dwindle down to text
Joey/hao Sheep in wolf country Anthony/jÓzef Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Joey/hao What’s more exciting and new?
Anthony/jÓzef Wolf in sheep country
Joey/hao Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All Someone who’s absolutely nothing like you!
Joey Rest stops begin feeling strange Bit more like a firing range Pulling over feels like life-and-death I try to act like they don’t mind
All But they can tell i’m not their kind
Joey So i’d rather hold my bladder than hold my breath Sheep in wolf country
Joey Better watch your back
Hao Teeth and claws could come from any direction
Hao/joey Sheep in wolf country
JÓzef Off the beaten track
Hao ‘round these parts, you better carry protection!
Joey/hao Sheep in wolf country
Anthony/jÓzef Yeah yeah yeah yeah
All Everybody better beware! Wolf in sheep country Joey (turning to hao) Christ!
Hao (turning to jÓzef) Ah!
JÓzef (turning to anthony) Help!
Anthony (turning to joey) Fuck!
All Everybody’s in for a scare!
Hao I learned to copy what they wear Cut and combed and slicked my hair Make sure no one looks at me too closely
Take the short way home at night I’m not lookin’ for a fight Stay alone and mind my business (with a glance at jÓzef) …mostly
Joey/jÓzef Wolf in sheep country
JÓzef Widen your smiles So you look a bit less like a threat
Joey/jÓzef Wolf in sheep country
Hao/jÓzef No one like you for miles At least they don’t seem to notice yet
Anthony (scrolling through his instagram) Wear shoes indoors, see a bald eagle Fireworks too, if they are legal Eat sweet breakfasts, whittle by hand Buy blue denim, take someone’s land
Hold blades of wheat between my teeth Get bronco boots, spurs underneath Figure out how the milkshakes get malted Eat something fatty, deep-fried, and salted (x2)
See an elk and a bowling alley A tailgate party, a homecoming rally Shotgun a beer and make pot roast Start a nuclear family, encounter a ghost
Hao (in the closet; getting dressed) Two shirts, tucked in One belt, too thin Shave cheek hairs clean Look tall and mean Look big and broad Look tame and proud Speak too low, but not too loud Speak too low, but not too loud. (x2)
Jozef (practicing english out of a book) I am sorry I am useful I mean no harm I am sorry I am useful I mean no harm Sorry, useful, mean Sorry, useful, harm
Joey (pitching his voice down; practicing before the mirror) What are you looking at? What are you looking at? What are you looking at? That’s what i thought That’s what i thought, partner. (x2)
Joey Sheep in wolf country I can use what i’ve got Make their mountains my new frontier
Hao/anthony Sheep in wolf country Like it or not
All But i’m building a home right here!
All Sheep in wolf country Yeah yeah yeah yeah Though it feels less than great Sheep in wolf country We all learn to tolerate Sheep in wolf country
Hao/anthony I’ll take what i’m granted
All Sheep in wolf country
Hao/anthony/joey I’ll grow where i’m planted! I’m a sheep in wolf country But here i’ll
Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak - Montana Joey The kind of saturated sky That stays the same from spring to fall In the calendar hung on your wall Counting down the days Until montana The kind of guy that
Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak - Your Face JÓzef You go to bed at midnight Hao On some nights you snore It reminds me i don’t have to live alone (hao settles down by the windowsill.) JÓzef You
Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak - Good Enough Anthony Try not to wish that i’d just stayed home in bed Try to ignore guys talking over my head Choke down a chaser, pretending to text Make sure my lock screen crops out my
Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak - Your Day In Court The royal court of Astor! An engagement's just begun A celebration is in order, with a spot for everyone Every man has his duties; every servant his place Every lady her suitors,
Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak - Hold Back The Tide It will strike if you’re not careful And I am very careful When you’re balanced on the precipice you don’t have time to choose It’ll take your hand if you’re not careful And I am
Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak
Elliot Valentine Lee and Mel Hornyak (known together as Melliot) are a queer musical writing duo.