Bob Denson

Bartender Blues

Put up your coat, tip your hat
Cuz Friday night is where it's at
The smell of smoke, clinkin' of glass
The radios playing some Johnny Cash
and I lean on over and ask myself
"What am I doin' here?", but the answers not clear
I think it's got somethin' to do with this ice cold beer

I ain't got much to do for a little while
I'll just be sitting here gettin' drunk in style
It's a temporary remedy for a permanent problem
and If you're asking who's got the blues
well baby I have got them
I'd start to cry, but man I think
I'll just order up myself another drink

I'm at the bar, all alone
This musty place is starting to feel like home
Hunched over in the dark
Looking for somethin to help me spark
My last cigarette
I'll smoke it as credit towards my health
Cuz I couldn't get my fix from nothin else

I ain't got much to do for a little while
I'll just be sitting here gettin' drunk in style
How could it be the answer to all of lifes problems
If in the first place it's the reason that I've got them
I'd start to cry, but man I think
I'll just order up myself another drink






All night long
Feels so good that it can't be wrong
Sing that song
Bottoms up till the break of dawn

Well I was sittin' on the curb down on Province Street
When I heard an awful noise
Jumped up quick got on my feet and signaled to my boys
Said, "Man that somethin' of an awful wreck,
Still ringin' in my ears"
Turned the corner my back in check
What I saw I wouldn't forget for years
It was a big fat momma with curls in her hair
And a set that you couldn't miss
She leaned right down and said,
"Hey little boy how 'bout you give momma a kiss"
I said "daaaaamn"

Ride that train
The outside track just ain't the same
Goin' insane
Clenched up fingers and pumping veins

Well I landed into town at about a quarter to twelve
With the high noon at my back
Thought to myself "this place is hell"
Someone said as a matter of fact
I've been livin' in this town about thirty five years
Never ever even left the saloon
But for now I better go and enjoy my beer
Cuz the man is due in soon
Well he rolled into town with a girl on each arm
Long black coat and hat
Leaned right down and said,
"Hey little boy what u think you lookin' at?"
I said "daaaaamn"

All night long
Feels so good that it can't be wrong
Sing that song
Bottoms up till the break of dawn
All night long







Somebody help me I think I'm going mad
There's got to be a reason for the troubles we've had
And it's got nothing to do with me and nothing to do with you
But everything in the world to do with what we've been through

Life is a tag on a foot being wheeled away
And I can't help but think about it everyday
Through all my trials and tribulations
Hospital beds and paid vacations
I thought I'd seen it all

Superman died in his sleep
So who will defend these city streets
I don't know, I just couldn't say
How babylon could fade into this darker shade

I got my wings in a plastic bag
And my frequent flyer miles next to my notepad
So don't you get yourself caught up in the machinery
Just sit on back and take in the greenery

Believe it true under sunlights moon
We breathed a gentle fury
With smoke rising blue and our thoughts entombed
We inhale the fires flurry

Superman died in his sleep
So who will defend these city streets
I don't know, I just couldn't say
How babylon could fade to darker shade
Into what it is that we have today

Superman died in his sleep
So who will defend these city streets
I don't know, I just couldn't say
How babylon could fade into this darker shade



Its 4 o’clock and I’m sittin here unsure of myself
The decision I made months ago has got me clearing off my shelves
Scattered piles bound for highway miles pinned underneath even more
Lay strewn about this old room of mine the kitchen table and the floor
Thoughts drift to memories that I don’t want to let go
Then the realization sets in that I’ll be gone before I know

Put it in, check it off man I have too much stuff
Still I’m leaving a lot behind and I try not to think about it too much
Uncertain of the days to come but excited nonetheless
With a suitcase full of hopes and dreams and a smile for the best
Stacked in the car with everything else hungry for the road
Soon my house will just fade away and I’ll be gone before I know

Well I left that day and I do believe I still haven’t made it there
To tell you the truth I will admit sometimes I’m a little scared
Cuz this concrete world of college girls sure don’t look like mine
While all the things I know and love have faded like a road side sign
All the dotted white lines in all the world couldn’t clear this traffic in my soul
As I'm sitting here with these Turnpike blues I'll be gone before I know

It’s been one month to the day since I left my humble abode
With pages blank and ink yet to spill this story is far from told
Everyday more lives intertwine like the laces on my shoes
Get home and leave them by the door to sit with nothing to do
I have 3 years to ease into this life and to call it my own
But if I keep my head on straight and buckle down I’ll be gone before I know

Now its three years later and I find myself sitting here looking back
At all the things I’ve seen and done, and I watch them as they fade to black
Each and every friend that I’ve known and the love that I once held
And it’s funny how I’m once again clearing off my shelves
Thinking about what I’ve learned and what I guess I can never know
The only thing I’m sure of is that I’m gone before I know

Over the years I’ve loved and laughed and boy, have I cried
I’ve stood alone in the dark and had the light by my side
Life is just one big story and this but a chapter in the book
And before I go and turn the page I can’t help but take one last look
So won't all my friends raise a glass in toast before I go
Because I can’t believe it, it’s finally here, I’m gone...before I know


Believe in Me

Well come Father Time
and take me by the hand
Go to the ocean
Wash away the sand
Comfort Me
and drive away my fear
With the wind as your hands
Don't you know that you make it disappear?

I trust in you to watch over me
From the smallest water drop
To the endless sea
He said, "I can make you whole
and I can make you free
and all you have to do is
Believe in Me

Let it be known
that you are the greatest
So there's no mistakin'
in what you can do
Sometimes when I reach out,
just to find out more of the wonders of you

I close my eyes just to see your face
And oh how I wish it was replaced
It was years ago why should I care?
But how I wallowed in self despair
For what seem liked forever
Through the windows of my soul
Now every time I drive down Old Stage Road
I can't stop myself from thinking about years ago

I was broken for the first time
I thought that I was immune
Dreams of the future
Or maybe I spoke to soon
Spoke too soon...

Even still those little things sometimes
Create ways for you to come to mind
The smell of you, your playfulness
Your loving arms, oh the reminiscence
That I feel everyday
And how I want it to go away
I wish I knew then that I would discover
Years from then that I'd grow to hate to love her

I was broken for the first time
I thought that I was immune
Dreams of the future
Or maybe I spoke to soon
But who am I to say
That you've never felt this way
Cuz I know that some of you know all too well
Just how hard it is to bid her farewell

But who am I to say
That you've never felt this way
Cuz I know that most of you know all too well
Just how hard it is to bid her farewell
Farewell...

You can sit and think for ages
As to what you're gonna do
But you'd better be ready
When the world is staring at you
Cuz you only got
So much time to live
And the length of your life
Well it's only relative

To the actions you make
In the time that you're allowed
Will you be the one they follow
Or a face in the crowd
Will your picture ever hang
In the hall of fame
Will the mountains ever crumble
When they call out your name?

You'd better get up and get out
And live my friend
This is a one time deal
No you can't try again
Don't let being scared to try
Go to your head
Cuz they'll be plenty of time to regret
The words you never said

Think of those who are important
In todays society
What makes them so much different
From say, you or me
Well they went and they opened
Up their mouths
And they didn't let their dreams
Of fame go south

Will you have your own statue
Carved in stone
Or will you be left sitting in your room
All alone
Will you have a home video
Or a documentary
Will you slip by unnoticed
Or leave a legacy?

So get up
Don't let life pass you by
Get up
You won't know what it's like until you try
Get up
Go and make a difference
Get up
Show the world your brilliance
The Girl Next Door

I fell in love, I fell in love, with the girl next door
I fell in love, I fell in love, with the girl next door

So soft and sweet, pale and petite
Like I dreamed she would be
Since first we met I've always known
She is the right one for me

And how could something so wonderful
Happen to me so suddenly?
And I love her more everyday and I'll always say

I fell in love...


And she's mine all mine
If she don't look out
I'll stick around for a very long time

It was so right there that first night
Just so easy and pure
I wondered how I ever lived
Without the girl next door

And how could something so wonderful
Happen to me so suddenly?
And I love her more everyday and I'll always say

I'm still in love, I'm stil in love, with the girl next door
I'm still in love, I'm stil in love, with the girl next door

Hold On

Things are changin all around him like the deserts shifting sands
And the wind ain’t never letting up
Oh, the best that he can do is to hold on to
Anything he doesn’t want to blow away

The dreamer's on the road with his cowboy boots and smokes
Riding down the boulevard
And with his posse by his side, he could eat the world alive
But in his room he’s all alone

Just looking out the window from the basement floor alone
Clothes piled in the kitchen
And it seems his destiny, shifts eternally
But I think he likes it that way

The carnies fill the barrooms every night of the week
And they drink til they stick to the ceiling
And there ain't no one in here who’ll wipe away his tattooed tears
But he cries them all just the same

So hold on, everyone's got darkness in their life
Hold on, and everything will be alright.

The bottle it don’t help, in fact it just makes it worse
And he’d sell his soul just to smile
He thinks of what he had before it all went bad
And he pushes the glass away

The muse she's home in bed crying to herself
And she just don’t know anymore
If things will ever be right just once in her life
Or will time go on this way

Drew wanders the streets, trapped inside his mind
He thinks that no one understands
But even kings and queens have their own shattered dreams
That they take to bed every night

Now the bullets they stopped flying and he feels a stranger in this town
So he grows out all his hair
And the writing on the wall reads that time heals all
But pour another drink just in case it don’t

So hold on, everyone's got darkness in their life.
Hold on, and everything will be alright
Hold on, everyone's got darkness in their life
Hold on, and everything will be alright
Everything will be alright



Freedom ripples through these leaves
Down the streets and the centuries
Lost in haze is the traveled road
Beyond the bridges we used to know
When fastened chains called my name
Hope for Chrome on this rusted soul
Face in the wind, been riding on the rims
Trying to find my mind on the way back home

Sunlight falls in drops today
Like breaths of smoke to an empty ashtray
Strangest of feelings flicker and spark
Like diamonds in the dust and angels in the dark
Lightning strikes, wails in the night
The drawn curtain fears more
Leaping thoughts are sold and bought 
As they slip thru the cracks in the floor

Dangle from cliffs and fall into the sun
Circle around rips in the time and space continuum
Take hold of it all and let it seep thru
Is it the world that’s spinning or is it just you
Boulevards and cheap cigars
An answer to the call
Searing lights swim thru the night
Signs like vines climb up the wall



The caution tape ran from ear to ear
in the same old crime scene grin
But we were standing there robed in rusty nails
begging, "please don't drive 'em in"

The streets are lined in broken glass
and my shoes stick to the ground
Birds they wheeze upon the trees
and the peddler cries downtown

And it feels like I've been here before
Something about it just seems so right
I'm goin' back to the Hub tonight

Streetlights flicker in broken codes
and the stop signs are faded and bent
People keep a-runnin' back and forth
Like a rat race on a wire fence

Basements swelter loudly
with stolen street signs on the door
Ciggarettes lay stomped into
The creaking linolium floor

Crimson alliance is written
On the walls and the bulletin boards
Tales of beer left in the fridge
and holes kicked in front doors

And it feels like I've been here before
Something about it just seems so right
I'm goin' back to the Hub
Back to the Hub
I goin' back to the Hub tonight


He lives in a shack
Right on the edge of town
Friends with the one-eyed jack
Who can be seen hanging around
And he tries to make them smile
All day and all of the night
But he knows all the while
He's got better plans for his life

Spends all his time working in the kings court
Talks to the mime and the kings escort
Everyone thought he'd be happy
Lord knows that he tries
But no one really knows
Why the Jester Cries

And he tries to think of the good things
Like the people that he's met
Tries to count his blessings
As he hums along with the quartet
Our jester seems so distraught
With a smile upon his face
Never sharing any of his thoughts
On how he felt about this place

All I ever wanted was to get a wife, settle down
But now I'm living poor on the outskirts of town
I'm at the end of every finger, at the end of every joke
I'm at the end of every glare the king envokes
I don't know if I can take it that much longer
I don't know if I can make it and come out stronger




Burn your eyes through a 20 dollar bill
With open lips, and bottled pills
That shelter you from the cold

With you lying here by my side
The universes emerald tide
Is just scattered stars in the summer sky 

And I'm up all night
Just to see the
Sunrise
From out my window
The shadows in the shade
From out my window

I look around to the forest in the breeze
Like some old ancient recipe
That's swaying there before me

Ancient footprints lead the way
To what the fables failed to say
On a path long lost in the morning frost

And I'm up all night
Just to see the
Sunrise 
From out my window
The shadows in the shade
From out my window

Cigarettes and cellophane
A jeweled moon through blood shot rain
And I, I don't feel the same 
I don't feel the same no...


A Poor Boys Mansion (In a Hollow Sky)

Within a fingers grasp
Was everything I had ever wanted
But it all went too fast
Leaving me drained and haunted

To see the down side of noon
No one here but me to confide in
Just like a lead balloon
Punching through the horizon

So maybe I drive too fast
I hit Route 1 at a thousand miles an hour
And of all the things I’ve passed
I don’t think I’ve made it there at last
…But I’ll trace my way through its silhouette

So life rages on
Through many a strange and darkened night
That will blur into one
As your world turns and fights

You just grow to accept it
Written here long ago
With smiles and poor portraits
All lined up and painted for the show

So maybe I drink too much
The eternal quest for the bottom of the bottle
But sometimes it’s not enough
To free me from the grip of these cuffs
… But I’m still drinking from the cup


These days things are bound to change
These days I'm bound to turn a page
These days, man they're going fast

But how long will this last?
Til' it fades to the past
For good or for bad
I'm living while I can

Go 'head and crash into my car twice
Man I'll laugh myself to sleep at night
Cause I know this is just a shade of life

And some are dark and some are bright
And who's to say which one is right
And I'll take it as it comes
And I'll love the life in my lungs

May the miles on my odometer
Remain unaccounted for
Cause who knows just where I'm headed for

But may I always want more
May my mind always soar
May music just fill my soul
May my guitar build my home

These days things are bound to change
These days I'm bound to turn a page
These days, man they're going fast

But how long will this last?
Til' it fades to the past
For good or for bad
I'm living while I can

Go 'head and crash into my car twice
Man I'll laugh myself to sleep at night
Cause I know this is just a shade of life

And some are dark and some are bright
And who's to say which one is right
And I'll take it as it comes
And I'll love the life in my lungs

May the miles on my odometer
Remain unaccounted for
Cause who knows just where I'm headed for

But may I always want more
May my mind always soar
May music just fill my soul
May my guitar build my home

She's Gone by Bob Denson

Shes gone and its time to accept it
Just got to keep on moving in a forward direction
Shes gone now and for good
And I got just to work through this like I know I should
Its strange just how things have changed
You’d a told me this a month ago I’d say your insane
It’s strange that its all over now
Time to take my big plans and drop 'em to the ground

The only thing I can do is to try to keep from thinking 'bout you
And the only thing I can say its that I’ll take this day by day

I’m hurt man I’m burning inside
I don’t even want to know how many times I’ve cried
Man I’m hurt I know you know what I mean
Cuz we’re just two new players in the same old scene
It’s time to pick up the pieces
Turns out I never owned her she was just a lease and
It’s time to reinvent myself
Version 4.0 is soon to hit the shelves

I’ve got to believe that I tried Or I can let it eat me alive
I’ve got to believe its true that the one I need ain’t you

You're gonna find someone...
You're gonna find someone...
You're gonna find someone who'll be better off for you


...And if you don't make a sound
You can hear the waves crash down
Ever so quietly
From the distant rumbling sea
You could sit on top of the world
Watch the stars float by
And if you look down below
You'll see nothing but blue skies

I wanna sit on the shores of the moon
And watch the sunrise
I wanna float higher than a balloon
Up into the skies
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream
You must remember that life is only a dream
So sit back and watch as the pendulum swings
You don't got to worry about anything

If you should go away from here
I want to know the story's end
If you look at it close it's not what it appears
Cuz baby it all depends...

Turning back for home as the sun sets
On the eastern shore
I'll leave you feeling no regret
And screaming for more
Cuz every dog might not get his day
And everything might not be this way
Sittin' up on the moon while the stars burn
Standin' up on the top while the world turns

If you should go away from here
I want to know the story's end
If you look at it close it's not what it appears
Cuz baby it all depends...




Some say the end is near and that it’s been clear
We’re so concerned about ourselves
We’ve been overwhelmed
Watching our hope drown in the swells

Of a stable sea of uncertainty
That no walls could ever hold back
Cause there’s always a crack
And don’t you forget to remember that

As you blindly stare into the midnight glare
That you don’t even want to watch anymore
But you can’t ignore
The waves that howl against you door

On the second story of this dark and stormy
Cruel Life that brought us here
And now its clear
Why Some say the end is near

What are you gonna do to change it?

Some say the time is come the worlds overrun
With so much more than we will ever see
But would you believe
It’s been this way for centuries

But it bothers me how we helplessly
Watch as our lives get caught up in the swirl
Of the ways of the world
Forever we fight for fame and pearls

Still I’d be hard pressed to live in jest
When I can’t even trust my own skin
That I’m living in
But where to begin

Though Freedoms noose hangs in misuse
It’s something you will always run from
But what can be done?
Some say the time is come

What are you gonna do,
Oh but what can you do,
What are you gonna do to change it?

Somewhere in Between

Have you ever felt so happy to be alone?
Sure and sanctified as the highway drones
Reigning over these four walls
Cancel my meetings baby, hold all my calls
Look through the peep hole in my door
I see these people caught up in this winding world
Somehow I am far detached
Behind my barricaded door safely latched 

Somewhere in between, in between the road
And the static on my mind and the radio
Somewhere in between is what I'm searching for

Have you ever felt so happy to be done?
With whatever it is you were working on
Carefree and bathed in time to kill
Let faucets run and float on top until
March sins grow colder
Harsh winds will win you over
When the devil in the wind soothes you to sleep
Consciousness fleeting like the cars on Rt. 3 

Loose connections fade in time 
But to closet oneself around the past is to live blind
Shake free of shackles that serve to remind 
Of days better drawn in pastel than pen line

Stranger Yet

Just let it go
Close your eyes and smile one time
And Laugh at this world that we know
Cuz it’s bound to get even stranger yet

And I love it.
I love it.

Just leave it all behind
Forget the sand in your brother’s shoes
And trust in the passing time
For it will soothe all of your mother’s wounds

Now it seems I’ve grown apart
From that old treehouse down that country lane
And you know that’s where I got my start
And I'm frustrated at how it’s faded

And I hate it.
I hate it.

Still you know that you should realize
That this world is full of compromise
But the balance is true and I am here for you.

But still, don’t it always seem
That once you put your troubles down
That it’s already time
To pick the next ones off the ground

But you know its nothing new
Cause one dark flame has always lit the next
And all I can ever do
Is hold on tight and expect it

Now I accept it.
I accept it.

Still for all the shadows that may rise
There will always be a star that shines
But the balance is true and I am here for you.
I am here for you.

Screaming eyes blind to the truth
Under no circumstances live below this roof
Because lies scratch at the soft stone
Tiled round these lands where wandering souls roam
Lavish mountains stooped upon steep hills
Envelope the towns where wet shadows lay still

But anyway thats not to say
That your cares will fall away
But could it be that you perceive
What is right here subtly?

Linger do the scents of dead fires weve fed
Into the darkness of the vast unknown we all now tread
Enticing uncertainties with long blackened eyes
Secrets of our world bleed across the skies

But anyway thats not to say
That your cares will fall away
But could it be that you perceive
What is right here subtly?


It's a triple beam green on a neon dream
That can keep me there for hours
Dry sunlight on a flowing flight
above the morning showers
Running rhythm keeping up with him
To the beat of the drum well I guess I gotta give him some

Just looking for somethin that'll catch my eye
That'll tickle my ear just like a lullaby
That you seem so certain that you
Heard somewhere before
Sing it to me soft like a sunday afternoon
Like a long time love thats in full bloom
But your hand's still got a good grip on the door
Until you can't take no more singin' Oh oh oh

Well the feelings hard like a tarot card
That I don't know how to read
By flipping switches and burning bridges
We're pullin' up in the lead
Standing Proud with the late night crowd
Taking so much down that I think I might even Drown

Just looking for somethin that'll catch my eye
That'll tickle my ear just like a lullaby
That you seem so certain that you
Heard somewhere before
Sing it to me soft like a sunday afternoon
Like a fragrant flower thats in full bloom
In the desolate darkness of the
Windy winters roar
Until you can't take no more singin' Oh oh oh

Cuz time's been wasting and time's been moving on
Shining so smoothly sinkin' into me

Just looking for somethin that'll catch my eye
That'll tickle my ear just like a lullaby
That you seem so certain that you
Heard somewhere before
Sing it to me soft like a sunday afternoon
Like a long time lover thats in full bloom
In the desolate darkness of the
Windy winters roar
Until you can't take no more 
No until you can't take no more


It doesn’t really matter if you’re the best around
If you can’t walk the line without making a sound
It takes a lot to wake up every single day
Get up, get out, and waste your life away
We live every day in the same old routine
And all the answer still remain to be seen

So come on and laugh a bit louder
There’s no need to scream and shout or
Do anything that you don’t want to do
Cuz in the end it’ll be all up to you

You ever lie awake in bed counting sheep
Try as you may but you can’t fall asleep
Stare at the clock while the hours disappear
Toss and turning until the morning is near
Turn on your radio and listen to the song
And make sure everything is where it belongs
Remember tomorrow is just a sunset away
The moon, the stars, and then the dawn
Of a brand new day.

So try to live and try to laugh
Try to choose the less taken path
Try to stick out and find yourself
Try to succeed and stay in good health
Try to stay towards the light
These are the most important things in life

So come on and laugh a bit louder
There’s no need to scream and shout or
Do anything that you don’t want to do
Cuz in the end it’ll be all up to you


Village of Cloves

Please remember me
Long after the cloves have faded
And the shifting breeze
Cast the hillside into changes and into changes now...

Everyone has gone
and left behind this empty village
But inside these walls
Lies the strength that it took to build it, it took to build it now

Time always has a way
Time always has a way
Time always has a way to make strangers of us all

Bricks have fallen down
Only to be placed by hand
On the other side of town
And that's how it happens again and again and again and again...

Time always has a way
Time always has a way
Time always has a way to make strangers of us
Time always has a way
Time always has a way
Time always has a way to make strangers of us all
To make strangers of us all
To make strangers of us all


Things are alright to me these days
Still managing to see through the haze
A streetlamp's shine drips deep in my room
As I lie on my bed in the evenings gloom

But I wish my eyes could plainly see
The future right in front of me
And tomorrow comes much too soon
When it's nothing more than trying to sing in tune
And I wait for you.....
Yes I do

One day I know I'll chance to meet
Your smiling face on some distant street
I'd stop in my tracks, turn around
You'd speak to me without making a sound
And say, "Things have been good, yeah things have been fine
I'm still thinking 'bout you all the time"
And memories come rushing to my lips
And they're all I have but I'm still not used to it

And I wait, oh I wait
For you to rise
But I'm not the type to be
Taken by suprise
Oh no...

Things are alright to me these days
Still managing to see through the haze...


The way you moved was like an angel in disguise
I could tell by the twinkling in your eyes
Velvet sheets and rings of gold
Whisper in the voices of old
and I can do this all from the comfort of my home
Of my home...

Waiting to go outback
In the harmony of the night
As a matter of fact
I have to wait until the moment is just right
Is just right...

"Don't lead me to a darker place", he said
Stones with letters etched in bold face it read,
"You don't got to worry about me anymore"
And roses dance in the breeze coming off the shore
and I can do this all from the comfort of my home
Of my home...

Waiting to go outback
In the harmony of the night
As a matter of fact
I have to wait until the moment is just right
Is just right...


What If (It Comes and Goes)

What if I were a builder with the blueprint to your heart
I’d bring summer’s smile into winter and autumn’s calm to March
What If I were a builder with the blueprint to the stars

What if it all went away never to be seen again
And you breathed sighs deeper than the spring-time winds
What if it all went away never to be seen again

What if I were a flower in a desolate field
’Neath the shade of the tower where all your dreams lay sealed
What if I were a flower where all your dreams lay sealed

All I know, comes and goes, and comes and goes again.

What if the world were shining together as one
With an undying fire that out-burned the sun
What if the world were shining and it out-burned the sun

What if our minds were full and our tables never empty
Love was the currency and progress never-ending
What if our minds were full and our tables never empty

All I know, comes and goes, and comes and goes again.


Just like a dog who needs fresh meat
Or a baby who wants a new toy
Or like the birds who can’t wait to fly south
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth

Like a bear who likes to sleep in late
Or like an owl who stays out all night
I've been swimming downstream like a blue-eyed trout
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth

Like a miner toils for golden rewards
Or a diver who misses the ocean floor
Like a booze hound who needs a refill of stout
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth

Like a lawyer waiting for the next case
Or a politician begging for a vote
Just like a preacher needs the devout
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth

Like a sailor longs for a distant shore
Or a climber who needs to see a new mountain top
I thought my life went sour, but it turns out
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth
I just needed somebody to get your taste out my mouth