I drink good coffee
every morning
Comes from a place
that's far away
And when I'm done
I feel like talking
Without you here
there is less to say

I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
That if I lived 'till I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

Your face it dances
and it haunts me
Your laughter's still ringing in my ears
I still find pieces
of your presence
here
Even after all these years

~*~

I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time
my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line
to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines
in pieces on the ground

~*~

She's taking her time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one

But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come

She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends, well they've been trialed for treason
And crimes that were never defined

She's saying, "Love is like a barren place
And reaching out for human faith
It's like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream

~*~

Love and other moments are just
chemical reactions in your brain
And feelings of aggression are the
absence of the love drug in your veins

Love come quickly
'Cause I feel my self-esteem is caving in
it's on the brink

Love come quickly,
'Cause I don't think I can keep this monster in
It's in my skin

Love and other socially acceptable
emotions are morphine
Cleverly concealing primal urges
often felt but rarely seen

I'm gunning down romance
it never did a thing for me
but heartache and misery
it ain't nothing but a tragedy

~*~

You got to leave me now, you got to go alone
You got to chase a dream, one that's all your own
Before it slips away
When you're flyin' high, take my heart along
I'll be the harmony to every lonely song
That you will learn to play

I'll keep lookin' up, awaitin' your return
My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn
And I won't feel your fire
I'll be the other hand that always holds the line
Connectin' in between your sweet heart and mine
I'm strung out on that wire

~*~

It was a beautiful let down
When I crashed and burned
When I found myself alone
unknown
and hurt
It was a beautiful let down
The day I knew
That all the riches this world had to offer me
Would never do

In a world full of bitter pain
and bitter doubt
I was trying so hard to fit in,
to fit in,
Until I found out

That I don't belong here
No I don't belong here
I will carry a cross and a song
where I don't belong

We're still chasin' our tails
and the rising sun
And our dark water planet's
Still spinning in a race
Where no one wins and no one's won

We are a beautiful let down,
Painfully uncool,
The church of the dropouts
The losers
the sinners
the failures
and the fools...
Oh what a beautiful let down
Are we salt in the wound?
Let us sing one true tune