Cultured Man Lyrics

You were the deep wellIn earth-and-oceans classAnd on the days you showedI tried to make you laughHow cliques driftAnd converge in with a crashAnd there we were, desk to deskA youn...Read Full Lyrics

My alter-ego.He’s an escape artistHe’s only truly happy when he’s under arrestOh how he handsome, scheduled to hang to deathHe’s only truly happy at the precipiceHe’s lik...Read Full Lyrics

At intermission We meet outsideA grin of a hugYou blow your cigarette in the other directionWe laugh at the same jokesBut she pops the balloon when she walks through the room to yo...Read Full Lyrics

I want to believe in time travelThat one day I’ll come back for you.Find you in the campus library aisles and I’d sayOh my ancient MarsOh my ancient MarsOh my ancient MarsOh my...Read Full Lyrics

We broke in whereWe’re not allowedAnd found a stationFrom a dead undergroundAnd there you kissed meAs if goodbyeOn the dusty platformLike my train had arrivedOh we hold with the ...Read Full Lyrics

In Montreal’s tiny pond She and I we smoulderThe local swan, my amazonWith coathanger shouldersWhen all your nights are starry blursWill you remember me?When all your friends are...Read Full Lyrics

I bet she’s rail-thin like a heronOver the phone she talks and I just listen in“We’ll never meet until it’s just too late for usYou’re the Euphrates and I’m the Tigrisâ...Read Full Lyrics

The paint is dry, we’ve closed the veinTo rinse the brush and go againBut still I know I’ve got the stainAnd maybe you do tooI found the stomach to denyThe urge to look you up ...Read Full Lyrics