By Misti
Date: 2002 Sep 20
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A Song With a Chorus

I thought about you when I was sitting
at the bar about an hour before they
shut it down
ice cubes melting
the bartender flirting with the blonde twins
at the other end
I didn't want a friend 'cause I had
the Doors on the jukebox
and you on my mind
I'm lost and I can't find my way out of this one
I'm dazed in a maze thinking up ways
to signal you home
but you're mute in Beirut
and I'm all out of skipping stones
and good luck pennies
I'm eating French toast alone
on a Saturday in a downtown Denny's
healthy people move on and glow
go through the motions with somebody else
everyone grab your partner
ooopsy daisy he fell down
find a new partner
he stepped on my toes
get a new partner
he keeps looking at that girl with the
cute ears
there's his new partner
everyone here is partner crazy, apparently
I'm sitting this one out
looking out the stained glass window
because this bar is a church
with stale communion
I'm not blissed out
but maybe I've got two clear eyes
or maybe I'm surprised that surrounded by
all this glory
I'm still seeing you on every screen
there is no meaning
I'm dazed in a maze
thinking up ways to signal you home
but you're home already
and I am
alone.