i promise that i won't fall down. i promise that
i won't skin my knee. like you promised you'd
always be around. to take good care of me. and i
remember. you standing behind that white picket
fence with a
it's come to this i swear this time my heart
won't miss i've clinched these fists for far too
long a broken house with gates made from broken
promises but nobody's home so here i sit it's the
light that wa
i follow you around. like i follow the sea. but i
see you're not. interested in me. and i fall for
your shadow. it's all i've got. and when you're
walking away from me. all i've got is lost. and i
forgot w
cover it up don't say a word to anyone surprise
surprise you've been handed more lies the press
but i confess i've covered my eyes the same as
you your eyes your eyes they've been fooled by
the television
try as you will you can't escape your past given
everything you ever wanted i never will understand
your life well not this time have you ever had to
fight for anything mother pays your rent and daddy
boug
far away. that's where i left you. far away. i
wish that i had stayed. far away. how can i get
to you. and i follow. from miles behind you.
separated by miles. but i will find a way to get
there. i hesitat
i'm scratching my eyes out trying to find you it's
tearing my heart apart just waiting here i'm
passing your house by with no answer it's tearing
me limb from limb to not have you here but i can
still smel
is this what you want. it's eight o'clock. i'm
nodding off. starlight is stealing my heart
tonight. bar fight but i won't be there. and i've
tried all this before. you swing and you miss and
i miss the way
he walked along the side of the road. head held
down. he watched a truck drive by. with arkansas
license plates. he passed the june port bridge.
and threw a stone. down towards the water. he
looked into th
i remember the first time. i saw you on heroin. a
hero in my eyes. a hero in disguise. i pretended
not to care. while all these eyes were on you. but
your eyes weren't you. you've paid for this. black
eyes
tired. he stood in line at the grocery store. a
bottle of wine and nothing more. an empty
apartment to go home to. it'd been that way since
nineteen seventy-two. a line on his face for every
year she'd mis
