i’m not sure but i’ve been told
you’re seeing someone new
i can’t believe that i believed
i had some claim on you

i decided that you scare me
your head ain’t screwed on right
five hundred miles to be with him
after kissing me goodnite

he’s got his story straight this time
i can’t challenge that effect
but to think that he’s impressing you
with a night of booze and sex

in ’84 we lost six men
in a blazer on south park
you could see the embers from downtown
as the evening sky grew dark

now they’re closing down the firehouse
business has gone dead
if a fire ever reached our home
i’d lie here in my bed
and let the flames burn off my skin
until only bone remained
after years or years of deadened nerves
i could use a little pain

my interest in the world’s reduced
i dream of different times
when comedy and truth were one
and i could call you mine

now you’re moving far away from me
i can’t handle that effect
did you think that i would change my life?
what did you expect?

Jon Houlon, Hillside Blue Music, 2002