for as long as I can take it (song)

that's how it starts
you do your dance and you smile
where'd that smile come from

should I be worried about that

you plant you kisses down
on each of my knees
and dance away slowly

there's a lover I can't be

cause this is everything
in the book you told me to write for you

there's a dead patch on the tired hill
where we built the house we could never fill
we told the bank to go straight to hell
watching it burn I'm wondering still

if I saw you on my front steps
would I unlock the burning door
or bury myself in the floor
or would I just play these old chords
smoke the air and play these old chords

this is just to say
i made it on my own

and the folks back home
with the ink in their bones

they've got their tvs on
and they'll never know

the dead patch on the tired hill
where we built the house we could never fill
I told you twice to go straight to hell
while my sleeve caught fire I was wondering still

if I'll always be the one
to say goodbye

we get dressed
I put on my coat
you punch me in the chest

fists pale like cigarettes

that's how it starts
you do your dance and you smile
where'd that smile come from