Wondering if she changed at all,
if her hair was still red
The folks they sent into lives together
They never did like Mama's
Papa's banquet wasn't big enough
rain falling on his shoes
Heading out for the old east coast
She was married when they first met
To a man four times her age
He left her penniless in a state of regret
It was time to bust out of the cage
Splitting up on a dock set night
Both agreeing that it was best
She turned around to look at him
Saying, I wish I could tell you all the things
That I never learned how to say
He said, that's all right,
But we were tangled up in blue
He had a steady job and a
And everything seemed to fit
One day he could just feel the weight
He put it all down and split
where they treated him like a boy
He nearly went mad in Baton Rouge,
he nearly drowned in Delacroix
All the while he was alone,
the past was close behind
He had one too many lovers
and none of them were too refined
She was working in the blinding light
And I stopped in for a drink
I just kept looking at her face so white
I didn't know what to think
Later on when the crowd thinned out
I was getting ready to leave
She was standing there right
I said, what's that you got up your sleeve?
I said nothing baby, and that's for sure
She leaned down into my face
I could feel the heat and the pulse of her
And she bent down to tie the
I lived with him on Montague Street
in a basement down the stairs
There was snow all winter and no heat
The revolution was in the air
One day all of his slaves ran free
Something inside of them died
The only thing I could do was be me
And get on that train and ride
Some are masters of illusion
Some are ministers of the trade
All under strong delusion
All of the beds are unmade
Me, I'm still heading towards the sun
Trying to stay out of the joint
We always did love the very same one
a different point of view