Would Smoke

Barman whines and a brass bell chimes
Grab the final round, it's closing time
My offer to buy is politely refused
Secret relief,'cause I'm down to ones and twos
Make your assault on the bar, sliding into a spot
You always get served faster in that low-cut top
I stop my gyrations and proceed to stare
As your hands flash rands through the malted air
I'm a romantic at heart, but my heart is deep and dark
And closer to my loins than anatomical charts
Are inclined to reveal, forget Danielle Steel
The real world's even worse, I keep my heart in a hearse
And rehearse the same scenes that play out in my dreams
I have to flip through Freud just to know what they mean
In the dark of the night sparks are hard to conceal
And when they fade it takes time for our vision to heal

All the joints that we never smoked
And all the bullshit that we never spoke
You know that when I left this time
I almost lost my mind
All the smokes that we never burnt
And all the fresh angles that we never worked
You know that know I'm feeling fine
But I almost lost my mind

On the right night in the city stars crowd the heavens
But look again, they're just satellites and 747's
My cynical side sidles to the fore
But I cut the volume, 'cause your optimism's got me in awe
Wish I could place a voltmeter in the depth of your brain
Measure the change in the current when you mention my name
Oh man I'm losing my grip, circuits about to trip
So I'll just mumble goodbye, leave you alone with the sky
I hate to use tired cleches, 'cause they make me scream
But it's appropriate to say confusion reigns supreme
Come on and raise the handbreak, drop the car out of gear
Straighten my antenna so that the picture will clear
Perched upon my ivory tower, I watch the scenery roll by
Let my hair down like rapunzel, but the tower's too high
Me and my ego hit the bar by the end of the night
To share a drink with Alice 'til we shrink out of sight

All the joints that we never smoked
And all the bullshit that we never spoke
You know that when I left this time
I almost lost my mind
All the smokes that we never burnt
And all the fresh angles that we never worked
You know that know I'm feeling fine
But I almost lost my mind

All the joints that we never smoked
And all the bullshit that we never spoke
You know that when I left this time
I almost lost my mind
All the smokes that we never burnt
And all the fresh angles that we never worked
You know that know I'm feeling fine
But I almost lost my mind
All the joints that we never smoked
And all the bullshit that we never spoke
You know that when I left this time
I almost lost my mind
All the smokes that we never burnt
And all the fresh angles that we never worked
You know that know I'm feeling fine
But I almost lost my mind