WATERFALL I keep a spare version of myself In the glove box of my Subaru For days that turn sideways When the bridge stacks up at 5:12 I spend the afternoon By the bodega door under busted fluorescents With a loose receipt stuck to my thumb Trying to get my pulse to behave While the train rattles past the park Past the chain-link and the busted hoop Round the serpentine By the hospital loading dock A nurse smoking by the dumpsters Empty conversations I’m not impressed by anyone Friends say I’m anxiously attached yeah Attached yeah And ketamine won’t numb My patience for ya I hope you know That what you hold Is a coffee mug With your name on it Wash over like me a waterfall Do what you want Just don’t let me go Till the takeout’s cold on the counter And the TV hums itself to sleep Look in your eyes And they tell me one thing That we should be more than friends It’s the kind of thing You say while half asleep Then say again in the kitchen Say it again, say it again Say it again Say it again, say it again I pay my bills Got a house in the hills Call up the Red Cross Yeah, I’ma volunteer I do it all for you And you just break me dear Throw away our history We could start from here Oo-oo the time is running out Oo-oo reach out and feel me now Oo-oo we’ll stay up on the couch Oo-oo with the sink full of dishes Wash over me like a waterfall Do what you want Just don't let me go Till the takeout’s cold on the counter And the TV hums itself to sleep Look in your eyes And they tell me one thing That we should be more than friends It’s the kind of thing You say while half asleep Then say again in the kitchen Say it again, say it again But you just walk away Walk away, walk away
