For You Always

I met you in London, I met you in

Leeds, I met you in New York

We once met in Los Angeles just

Around the time of the Columbine murders and Mojave 3 were

Playing on Sunset Boulevard at Tower Records

There was always something about you

But you had a man in your life

I felt a connection with you that

Felt so comfortable and right

There’s an unconditional love that rises above of all

If you needed me in any way

I’d always be there for you always

Don’t know when we met but

There was always something about you

But I always had a boyfriend and

You always had a girlfriend or two

You were maybe twenty seven

And I was only twenty three

I had a thing for you and I know

You had a thing for me

And though sometimes a year would go by

The guys from Gomez would

Always tell me that you said hi

Don’t know why I got jealous

Or why I felt alarmed when Ian

Said you showed up to their gig

With a different redhead under your arm

I remember a day at the Columbia

Hotel we had lunch at Halepi

Across from Hyde Park

We came back to my room, my

Clothes were drying out on the balcony

We were sitting there talking and

The guys came in to talk to me

They saw my socks and

Underwear hanging out there and they laughed

But you didn’t cause you had my back

I remember seeing you at Conway Hall in 2008

And I remember thinking that you were looking great

And I was alone but you were with

That guy who worked at the guitar shop

So into a black taxi with Phil and Ian Ball I hopped

And outside it was cold as Charles Dickens

And the next morning I was at Heathrow Airport leaving for Athens

And I ate stuffed peppers, played my show, and slept with some ho

And I thought of you in England, drinking tea with your guy

And looking out at the snow

When I saw you recently and joined you onstage

It was as if neither one of us had aged

Still had my voice you still had your sense of humor

You were still the Crazy Koz from the CMJ that winter

I believe it was December 1995

So many years have passed and

I’ve got a child now and a new guy

You’ve got a girl and both of us are happy

I want to know you when we’re old

And grey in rockin’ chairs and cranky

I’m so happy to have you in my life

You know I’ll always carry a soft spot for you in my heart

Got a connection that’s so wonderful and rare

Okay Mark, I gotta go I hope to see you in Venice this year