22d Birthday

From the nightclub on the corner
Where you bought my worst line
To the noose hung on your front porch
Fully fell I followed blind
Made a promise not to leave you
And I'll keep it till I do
Love's rehearsal to a loss
Now it's all coming true
And the rain pours down she drops my hand
It's her twenty-second birthday
I never thought we'd come this far
With nothing left to say
Does this makes sense to you
On your twenty-second birthday
I can let you leave but I won't let you get away
Now I can walk steady hold me
I don't care what you're thinking call me
I can get along without you
Go ahead and make me have to
I know you'll pass the audition
For a part that'll fit the description
Of a girl looking for a way out
Or a woman choking on doubt
And the rain pours down she drops my hand
It's her twenty-second birthday
I never thought we'd come this far
With nothing left to say
Does this makes sense to you
On your twenty-second birthday
I can let you leave but I won't let you get away
Now my back pocket is useless
It holds something I can't contain
Like a love denied expression
Like a tempest on a chain
So I'll stand here feeling stupid
And I'll stuff it in your hand
One step from walk away
A thousand steps from understand
And the rain pours down she drops my hand
It's her twenty-second birthday
I never thought we'd come this far
With nothing left to say
Does this makes sense to you
On your twenty-second birthday
I can let you leave but I won't let you get away