You look so put together
so pristine and proper.
You've got all the things that I'm drinking for.
Do I really mean nothing to you anymore?
I guess it doesn't matter,
and I should be stronger,
and I should be sober.
Well I was just a boy when we fell in love
so many years ago.
But did I not become a good man?
I wanted nothing less for you.
Was I not what you waited for,
in regards to whatever.
Now this city knows nothing of me,
and it knows you all too well.
I wish someone would tell me
that it'll all work out better.
I went out to walk off my drink,
and ignored the cigarette smoke
that left my lips and was gone forever
(like you)
Was I a cage to you?
But you seemed so bright
when you slid your little fingers between mine.
I wished you had said
please don't leave me,
and I wish you'd say please don't leave.
I wish I could hear you say my name
just one last time.
"I just need you, my river.
I just need you, my love."
well oh no, never.
well oh no, I tried.
How can a man
love a woman who he claims has no soul
how can a man
love a woman who has hurt him so,
I don't know,
but i do i do i do.
fuck, I still do.
