Mary's Song

I was darkened by the sin.

A wasted hour closing innon a lovely day

when I got up before the freeway

I got up and set my clock

The river up the street

and down the block got faster and

I wished that I got the nerve to

ask her what she thought

About why Portland skies are grey

Why'd you want to see it every day

when you know there's kids starving

in England/Alaska for the sun.

By the way, can I come?

I swear I won't be a burden.

Eight o'clock came cruel today

Can we just lie here instead of leaving?

You and me and Kye had tea there in the kitchen

and I was cold.

I got up and got my coat,

kissed you three times and winged it home

with a smile wider than my arms

could stretch in E minor. Don't go

I could know you better I know.

And the photo booth memory's a ghost

Japanese stickers, a toast,

to how I could kiss you every mile of the west coast

So Julie can I have a whiskey

because she got in a car and she never came home

Hello all my friends, can I have a whiskey

because I won't drive far anyway

Not since I have to go home that way,

by the scene of the getaway...

Hey, Hey, Hey

Geography and biology

just basically don't mesh for me...