Desire

Didn’t I say to you not too recent That it was never gonna stay It was never gonna stay here? You’re like the moon in a basket of weeds You rose out of the roses Right under my mouth A far away cry from this petty little town Shine back we will notice, though you never owed us Some passionately painted creatures Were meant to descend from the bleachers Without much more than a promise You got it your gut stinking I could taste in your paint when you left and when you came And I could remark upon that old feeling But that won't make it a remarkable feeling Didn’t I taste it feel it and know In so many ways So many ways The feel of your honey in the corner of my mouth Like a loop around the block Like a shadow in your notebook Oh come on what’s based in rhyme doesn’t matter Now we pause the tape for some laughter I won’t accept the conceit any further I will return it to you in a fervor My soul cousin told me I was featured in a play That I was meant to take the stage I turned to him: OK And in it we drove all night and you smiled so much You got creases on your face The kind that give you grace And I try to keep cool regardless of what I know to be true You got good timing And you listen blindly You’re a street fighter, no Prize fighter Desire, desire Was never gonna stay Fictions are Frightening like Statues in Lightning and I wore My boot sole And you gave it A new whole Desire, desire Was never gonna stay No matter what I say