it's a kind of decay

lost my words on this blacktop backdrop
befriended mexicans
bright she is just bright
kissin all the women
and i saved some there for you
down deep on and into
but decided you'd be better off
without my influence

then the other broke
not only broke
but spread like marbles on the floor
of a friends old crown vic
i'm lost to you once more

so there's lots of distraction
to supply satisfaction
like liquor and quick words
and lost birds
and friction
n a few conversations
bout ol' mother love
and father castration
and sex that aint happin
still it's your face that i'm slappin

cause baby you broke
not only broke
but spread like marbles on the floor
of a friends old crown vic
i'm lost to you once more

this wont end like i thought it would
not thought but hoped
no dreamed
but thank the lords i'm drunk again
just long enough to scream
so pretend to speak philosophically
while the rest of us pretend to sleep
it's just, sweetness i know only
that they aint got nothin to show you
i guess
i'm just
another bitter poet

now it's none but evident
where these words lie on your page
cause darlin you broke
not only broke
but spread like marbles on the floor
of a friends old crown vic
i've come to lose to you once more