ALCATRAZ - You took the words out of my mouth and said, “I’ll give them to you later, but not before we’ve hit every bar in town.” You said, “If it were up to me, you know, we’d meet again here someday- if ever we are both on the same coast.” So I’ll see you when you settle down. (You lied to me) ‘Till then I’m pouring out each trace of doubt into an Alcatraz souvenir cup. Well, bottoms up. You took my hand and led me up the hill, panting like two strays. Both of us tramps, our lips met on whiskey. Do you still taste me? And you said, “If it were a few years from now or maybe this time last year, I wouldn’t have to lie and let you down.” I’ll see you when you come around. (You lied to me) I’ll see you when you hit the ground. Because you were the one, and I was there too, drinking ‘till I had every drop of you. And it hurts me just to say it; it kills me like it never did before: you were the one.
credits
from Former Planets,
released June 6, 2015
2015 Former Planets
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