Paper cuts and open wounds, they all began because of you But I don?t blame you Friends come round to sympathize and over-analyze but So simple somehow
You?ve got that sadness in your eyes You?ve got that look, says tell me why Stars don?t seem to shine, in the cold and lonely night Turn out the light
Wake up to the light, this endless Autumn rain, Draw back the blinds, the day?s just the same So I?ll move on, time will not stand waiting With these
They say the best in life is never free, So we just watch it from the sidelines then get up and leave But looking back on how we used to live I begin
In the fading light, she stumbles and falls Too tired to cry, too proud to call In a movie scene, played over again Might as well just pretend Dream
Everybody looks so ill at ease, so distrustful so displeased Running down the table I see a borderline Like a barbed wire fence, strung tight, strung
The story hit the news from coast to coast They said you beat the girl you loved the most Your charitable acts seemed out of place And the beauty with
Last chance lost In the tyranny of a long goodbye Last chance lost We talk of us with deadly earnest eyes Last chance lost We talk of love in terms of
You wanna make Van Goghs Raise 'em up like sheep Make 'em out of Eskimos And women if you please Make 'em nice and normal Make 'em nice and neat You
She pulls the shade, it's just another sunny Sunday She dodges the light like Blanche DuBois Bright colors fade away on such a sunny Sunday She waits
Just before our love got lost, you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I said, "Constantly in the darkness Where's that at? If you want me
I went to Staten Island To buy myself a mandolin And I saw the long white dress of love On a storefront mannequin Big boat chuggin' back with a belly
He comes for conversation I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation He knows that's what he'll find I bring him apples and cheeses He brings me
I'm traveling in some vehicle I'm sitting in some cafe A defector from these petty wars That shell shock love away There's comfort in melancholy When
Three waitresses all wearing black diamond earrings Talking about zombies and Singapore slings No trouble in their faces not one anxious voice None of
Cold Blue Steel out of money, one eye for the beat police Sweet Fire calling, you can't deny me Now you know what you need Underneath the jungle gym,
A strange boy is weaving a course of grace and havoc On a yellow skateboard through midday sidewalk traffic Just when I think, he's foolish and childish
that day When I told Joni what I had to say "Joni, Joni, please don't cry You'll forget me by and by You're just fifteen, I'm twenty-two And Joni I just