Coney Island Street Meat

I could tell a tale so blue

A ship has wrecked where I found you

A captive so delirious

Here's a truce to show I'm serious

Take it slow, don't be afraid

I'm asking you: Are you okay?

I'll bandage up your arms, your legs

And leave you where the wounded lay

Have some faith in me, for once

If I get sick again, will you call a nurse?

Isn't love enough for the girl you love?

After the fall of your great escape

Don't you dare come running

With your arms wide open

And if I fall?

You're going to call out my name

Over the sad refrain

Boy, you better keep that to yourself

You can take the love out of a lover

But that ain't never coming back

You'll have this car that won't turn over

Throw the engine on the rack

It looks fine from the highway

But if you get down on your knees

There's a story there of rusty

Busted, belly underneath

We took our last nap together

In my cabin in the woods

Thought of all the goodbyes that I've said

This goodbye was for good

It was great when we were wasted

But mostly it was hard

Oh, the secret life I lived

Under the cannibal of heart

It ain't right, no, and it never was

What he said, but now what he does

It's still a lie, even if she don't notice

What a boyfriend does behind his girlfriend's back

If I ask for a sailboat

And you say yes

Promise please when you wake in the morning

No regrets for me