You never paid your half the rent
You took the spices from the rack
But you don't have to put them back
Cause in your haste on Halloween
You left your camera on the bed
Where we played roles in black and white,
you left a role of black and white
I set the timer and thought of you,
put the lens up to my head
I took a photograph for you,
what comes out grey is really red
I smashed a pumpkin on the floor
The candle flickered at my feet
As goblins flew across the moon
The children peered into the room
A cowboy shivered on a porch
Cinderella checked her watch
A hobo waited in the street
An angel whispered, trick or treat
What was I supposed to do?
But to sit there in the dark
I was amazed to think that you
Could take the candy with you too
I've sat all night and now it's dawn
And I cannot believe my eyes
This garbage strewn across the lawn
Where we once stared up at the sky
The streams of paper filled a tree
That hovered over you and me
Shaving cream covers the car
that we picked up in Baltimore
And though I know it's hard to tell
I hope that what's -his -name
I still maintain that he's a bum
But it's your money, have some fun
I had not written you a verse or two
Since that's the one thing I regret
I dedicate this one to you