homeless on love's avenue

and i made love to mary jane on monday afternoon

then tuesday morning caught a train until the rising moon

where julie waters waited there to take me in her arms

where i promised i would care until her clock alarm

signified it’s six a.m. as if there were a fire

and wednesday i told what’s her name she’s all that i require

holly, marcie and pattilynn all finished out the week

i’ve yet to understand this sin and what it is i seek

and you may say that i’m a dog when dancing shack to shack

but i do not believe in love or that it’s given back

although i glow from the comfort of a soft caress

unconditional love’s a lie that ought to be repressed

and don’t tell me that you could know everything i have done

and all the thoughts i’ve ever had yes every single one

and still you’d feel the same for me that’s such a blatant lie

i’ll hide behind this wall of flame until the day i die

and to the ones who said that i have never measured up

said their love would be deserved if i could fill their cup

thank you for the honesty with which you have enlightened

i’m dancing on a higher plain all alone and frightened

 

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