Learned To Forget

He was a high school graduate

Booking a club on an empty street.

She was a drop out MFA, grass-brown hair

And stockings on her feet.

It was hard not to feel like the rock that he'd been pushing

Started rolling downhill waking up 6 days in a row

And talking with a woman he wanted to know.

There were kids down on the corner standing for an hour.

He'd never thought a minute for what they talked about,

But he saw a thing or two with her

And the things of this world came alive where they were.

So he walked down for a minute listened to their story,

Watched them getting in it, boring boring boring

When he crawled off to say that's it,

He crawled off with her and learned to forget.

Oh heavenly day.

They're going to meet up at half past three.

He's going to skip out of work

Eat breakfast in his old grand prix.

Well he'd spent so much time

Like a man all alone in the minute of his prime,

Barely knew what to do

With the math of a woman making one out of two.

There's was TV in the corner hour after hour

Never cared a minute for what they talked about

But he saw a thing or two with her

And the whole wide world started calling him 'sir.'

He was turning up the volume, listening to the story

Twenty people calling, boring boring boring

When he crawled off to say that's it,

He crawled off with her and learned to forget.

He knew himself oh he knew himself a bit

He said when this starts going uphill

When it starts, I'll probably forget

What it's like spending time

With a power plant running up the nerve of my spine.

It loses edge like softening chalk.

Let me learn it like an infant crawling off to walk.

Where there's kids down on the corner hour over hour

Never stood a minute for what they talk about

But I see a thing or two with you

And the whole wide world seems worth looking into

If we walk down for a minute listen to their story

Watch them getting in it

Boring boring boring

And we crawl off to say that's it

Let me crawl off with you and learn to forget.