Didn't I tell you that it's
lonely out there?
Didn't I lie so much and
breathe it darn well?
It's not that I don't trust you,
but I have to check for myself
I have to tape all the windows
when the wind gets rough
Got hot up blind for what
happened to me
Knowing that I'm waiting here to see
If things might still turn out alright,
find a way
Maybe I'm ruining all the
good in my life
Holding you against me like
a slide to the light
I'm resting my head on the
passenger glass
Rolling on the ground,
scratching unreachable back
God, how to plan for what
happened to us
Knowing the hairs on our
arms and the dust
Collecting on unused glasses and cups
And I can see the change
you've made in your face
The slow dissolve from black to grey
The weird delay between
The things you think and the
things you say
You're petering out,
I'm petered away
I just want to lie down with you
I won't try anything
We are turning right to
His heart in a very new way
And every good day,
His goodness very own way
But
Shirley, oh
Shirley, you treated me fine
Counting the hundreds of faded white lines
Up silent and green like a blank highway sign
Suddenly, you smelled
like win ter apples
An d the same ways that make
you right will make you decay
And I can hear the word in your voice
The quiet way you put away
the hidden name beneath
The things you think and the
things you say
They're petering out and you will remain
I just want to lie down with you
I won't try anything
I swear, you won't even know I'm there
So
So
You