Never happier sadder
The only cure for the blues are the blues
this far down the road from sober, I
am confident I could
play guitar
with these tender fingers
with these callused palms
I could sing tin-pan
stomp and shake and sweat this feelin' out
Not drunk just enthusiastic
gett'in real social
not because I hope you will hear
rumors of my defaming myself but
because I have a lot of catching up to do
You kept me on the straight and narrow
but given the way things ended
it's a miracle I am still straight
Two pints past peace of mind
I am drunk and drunks should not write
they should not do anything but drink.
but who knows maybe I am sober
that is to say not drunk enough
you're not here to tell I had to much
The bartender with the mid-drift tattoo knows me
but not as well as you did
I can remember being young but am old enough to have to remember
and I knew you before
I knew you before me
I knew you before me
Then
Every day I learned you new
I promised I would
stay the same but
knew you needed me to change
I promised I would work hard
but I knew I could not keep a job
I promised I would not fuck us over
but I knew just as much the man you married
This late hour counts years in the place of seconds
I am too old for a broken heart
but seeing it only make it so
and it's to late to know better
it's too late
and I have to work in the morning
but I’m up
trying to learn how to sing
and play guitar
something I swear I always knew
What if it is not loneliness
this ghost that haunts us
this heart ache beat beat beat
What if it is not loneliness
but the nagging suspicion
that we
were meant to love
we were meant for love
every last one of us including me
I was meant to love
I was
This far down the road from sober
I am having difficulty finishing my words
but swear I remember their meaning
there was never a when
when I did not remember
you
You were meant for love
you were
