The moon looks like a crooked stone, the stars like shattered glass As I walk out to meet you with a pocket full of cash You said you’d be a little late, I lied and said the same Then paced around the neighborhood just practicing your name Left on Bedford, right on Grand and now I’m at the door This place seems so familiar, maybe I’ve been here before Snag a spot along the wall, shed my coat and hat Was still counting down the minutes when I saw you walking back With your eyes both lined in black We hit it off at the speed of light, it caught me by surprise It usually takes some time for me to look in someone’s eyes But somehow now I’m doing all right and talking up a storm You try a sip of mine, I say “I should’ve gotten yours” You went to buy the second round, I tried to fight and lost It’s not as if I minded, I just didn’t mind the cost You walked me through the golden days you’re glad you left behind Your brothers and your sisters, “did you say you’re one of nine? I’d have lost my goddamn mind” Looked down and it was 2 am, completely unaware I said “we gotta get you home,” you said you didn’t care So we took a lap around the park and smoked what you had left Was so cold I couldn’t tell which was the smoke or just my breath But now I know that I am stoned just by how hard I laugh As we walk down the street to your apartment, fading fast We reach the door and lock our eyes and linger on a smile I keep quiet but I can tell that this is gonna last a while

There’s nothing I want more than To know just where I stand with you To quit pacing back and forth And cancelling my plans I just can’t stand the thought of going back to where I was But it ain’t right, ‘cause you can’t stay the night And the trains are running slow Don’t come over, so you don’t have to go Goddamn the expectations That never knock, they just come in Despite my reservations The lessons learned from places been ‘Cause they all turn to dust beneath your light, and I to stone But I know that I am not alone on your mind Don’t come over Save us both some time Save us both some time Yeah I know it’s just the afterglow of a flare Don’t come over Don’t come over Don’t come over And I’ll say I don’t care

I don’t know how else I can say it I miss you like hell and I hate it I promised myself I’d be patient So no one else knows if I break it I picture you out on the ocean Pretend I’m in the one’s you’ve been posting Meanwhile, New York is still frozen With no sign of a thaw Call me up, Calm me down I’ll be up I don’t know how long I can take it I wish you were under this blanket Your side of the bed is still vacant I won’t dare take it up And it’s not like you’ll be gone forever Seven days and we’ll be back together But this thought that you’ll find something better Is like a punch to the gut So call me up, Calm me down I’ll be up, I’ll be around And I know it might sound crazy but it’s true I always thought I knew my place then I met you I don’t know how else I can say it I just miss you like hell tonight I promise myself I’ll be patient

I wasn’t ready to fall like this I wasn’t ready to fall like this I had nowhere to be, I had no one to miss I wasn’t ready to fall like this Wasn’t even looking When your eyes met mine And you dug your hook into my mind Givin’ up on Brooklyn Gettin’ drunk on wine Wasn’t even looking now I’m blind Taking up my own time I wasn’t ready to fall like this I wasn’t ready to fall like this Wasn’t even trying Now we’re flying south To leave behind all the sirens and the crowds And it’s terrifying I was so self-assured Wasn’t even trying now I’m yours Making up my own mind I wasn’t ready to fall like this I wasn’t ready to fall like this I had a heart on the run to a party of one I wasn’t ready to fall I wasn’t ready to fall I wasn’t ready to fall But down down down I go

When I finally write that masterpiece And the masses know my name Gonna get a little place On a pretty little lake Have my friends up every summer For however long they want And eat at all the fancy restaurants When I finally write that masterpiece Ten weeks at number one Gonna buy a private plane Gonna fly into the sun With my folks that both retired Seven years before they planned It wouldn’t even matter where we land Well I finally wrote that masterpiece But no one even knows I don’t have the connections To get on the radio So I play out every weekend On this busted up guitar At least I get a free drink at the bar

It was gettin’ pretty late I was gettin’ pretty high Could barely stay awake I could barely use my eyes How much did I take? Somebody musta lied So I sat down on the couch With water in my glass Some couples making out To my right and to my left And tried to figure out How to take a deep breath Then Bobby started shouting From across the other room “Somebody made a fountain With the keg and funnel tube” Me, I had my doubts But now I couldn’t move ‘Cause the room was spinning circles The clock was standing still The preps were turning purple The jocks were popping pills Me, I was a turtle Hiding in his shell Well I didn’t hear the sirens I didn’t see the lights When people started hiding I was sitting tight Now they’re by my side Reading me my rights

I sat down at the piano In search of something to write But all I found was the echo Of shit I said last night Using words more like ammo As if we needed the fight Now that you’ve seen my shadow Will you still be my light? I leaned up on the mantle And I finally cried For the first time I have no I have nowhere to hide Send me out to the gallows Or pull me back to your side Now that you’ve seen my shadow Will you still be my light? I know I flew off the handle I completely lost sight I always blow out the candle As soon as it gets too bright Use the past as a paddle But boy, don’t hold on too tight Now that you’ve seen my shadow Will you still be my light? Now that you’ve seen my shadow Will you still be my light?

Wasn’t til’ I got home that I noticed a storm had rolled through There were drops on the window and floor of the living room Didn’t see any lightning or hear any thunder Sure makes me wonder which rock I was under Wasn’t til’ I got home that I noticed a storm had rolled through Wasn’t til’ I moved out that I started to like that old town The smell of the maple, the coffee, and even the clouds I was so damn excited for what I’d discover But all that I’m finding is I miss my mother Wasn’t til’ I moved out that I started to like that town Where have I been? Where have I been? Wasn’t til’ you were gone that I realized how long it had been Since I sang you a song or just fell asleep holding your hand Well I could’ve kept fighting, I should’ve tried harder But you know that pride is the plight of the charmer Where have I been? Where have I been? I’m sorry for being so cold all that time ago

They’re singing happy birthday to the person right behind me And it makes me think of when you told the server it was mine They brought us both a margarita and then everybody sang along You and I just laughed ‘cause it felt wrong They didn’t even charge us so we left a crazy tip I still felt bad, you said “they don’t give a shit” Then we left for karaoke at a little bar right off your train Where you put me to shame with Purple Rain Yours was seven weeks ago, I wonder where you went You coulda booked a flight to China with the miles you never spent I was on the verge of calling but then everybody made me stop I wonder if you thought I just forgot They’re singing happy birthday to the person right behind me I guess it makes me think of you no matter what my state of mind And yeah, I know I got my freedom, but my freedom isn’t what I want Why’d I even choose this restaurant?

Thought of leaving the party again and again There were too many people and few of them friends And I’d run out of things I could do with my hands Thought of leaving the party and then you walked in You were wearin’ sweatshirt you stole from your mom The one that she bought in Disney when you were just one How do I still remember that? It’s been so long I can hardly remember the words to my songs Yeah, I hardly remember the words to my songs So I swam through the sea of the sweat and the booze Someone spilled something purple on one of my shoes But if given the option I’d swim right back through I don’t get many chances to stand next to you And it was hard to tell if you were telling the truth When you said “everything has been great, how bout you?” But I asked if you wanted to talk on the roof Then proceeded to listen to all of the proof I proceeded to listen to all of the proof When we got back inside there was nobody there Just a few by the couch and a few by the stairs And some music still playing but I couldn’t tell where You were calling a car on the arm of the chair “So great to see you let’s do this again” Though we both know that’s bullshit, it’s nice to pretend How I wish I could tell you just how much this meant Or that my time with you’s still best that I’ve spent