The first time that I met her I was throwing up in the ladies room stall.
She asked me if I needed anything; I said, I think I spilled my drink .
And that s how it started
(or so I d like to believe)

She took me to her mother s house
Outside of town where the stars hang down.
She said she d never seen someone so lost,
I said I d never felt so found and then I kissed her on the cheek
and so she kissed me on the mouth.

The spring was poppin daises up round rusted trunks and busted lawn chairs.
We moved into a studio in Council Bluffs to save a couple bucks.
Where the mice came out at night,
neighbors were screaming all the time.
We d make love in the afternoons to Chelsea Girls and Bachelor No. 2,
I d play for her some songs I wrote, she d joke and say I m shooting through the roof,
I d say, They re all for you, dear, I ll write the album of the year.

And I know she loved me then,
I swear to God she did.
It was the way she d bite my lower lip
And push her hips against my hips and dig her nails so deep into my skin.

The first time that I met her
I was convinced I had finally found the one.
She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romantics
I was reading Fonte at the the time
I had Bukowski on the mind.
She got a job at Jacob s serving cocktails to the local drunks.
Against her will. I fit the the bill: I perched down at the end of the bar,
She Said, Space is not just a place for stars I gave you an inch, you want a house with a yard.
And I know she loved me once, but those days are done.
She used to call me everyday from a pay phone on her break for lunch
just to say she can t wait to come home.

The last time that I saw her she was picking through which records were hers.
Her clothes were packed in boxes, with some pots and pans and books and a toaster.
Just then a mouse scurried across the floor .
We just started laughing til it didn t hurt.
We just started laughing til it didn t hurt.
We just started laughing til it didn t hurt.
We just started laughing til it didn t hurt.
We just started laughing til it didn t hurt.