Whiskey Straight
the moonlight is shining down / through the factories on the shipyard waters / and in a winter midnight a sideways moon sets on the memory of what's gone missing
the sidewalk stares up silent / I'm just a shadow slowly disappearing / a ghost of something real that used to exist / a memory of what's gone missing / why do you keep running / the pace is hurried but you're never closer to what it was you thought you wanted / it all keeps changing / and now something else is missing / I knew our time was running out / so by the kitchen window back at your house / I ended up wasted on whiskey straight and filled the ashtray up with your secrets / you were an anchor with high cheekbones / I was a soldier with broken fingers / you ended up wasted on cheap champagne, celebrating everything that's missing / why do you keep running / the pace is hurried but you're never closer to what it was you thought you wanted / it all keeps changing / and now something else is missing / familiar madness / it all keeps changing, and now something else is missing
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