Missy

Missy got off the bus one day

In a crowd of people, downtown LA

She looked around as if to say, 'I'm home'

But I'm home

I find someone to love

And some place to drink

And some time when I can just sit and think

And I don't mind if I catch the stink of these drones

Lord, of these drones

Just as long as I'm never alone

She had eyes as big as porcelain plates

And skin as thin as paper drapes

And she loved the Lord the way an apostate loves songs

And she'd sing to him before she went to sleep:

"I pray to you, my soul to keep

You're shepherd, then I'll be your sheep

Until dawn, oh until dawn

Well I'd follow you, even if it was wrong"

I met her one night at the coffee shop

Her face so bright, my heart just stopped

Hello my dear, I fear I'm not what I seem

Not what I seem

I should've become a better man

I should be more deserving than

The beggar, thief and courtesan I've been

Oh, that I've been

But I swear, I lie, I curse all of my dreams

But I swear there's still some good in me

And I think if you stuck around you'd see

All the honest attempts at integrity, I was had

Maybe if you helped me, I'd get it right

I lie awake every night, staring at the ceiling

Wondering why I feel so bad, why I feel so bad

But I swear, I swear, I swear I'll never get sad