JUST TALKING

I’m just talking. I hope no one’s listening.

Now I’m forgetting what I am missing.

Somewhere behind me is my checkered past and you’re there too.

 

You said - years ago - with tight lips and dead eyes,

“Spend wisely, the wages of sin.”

That memory is fresh in my mind.

 

I don’t know what to say to things like that.

Oh, should I be impressed or should I laugh?

 

I’m just talking. I hope no one’s listening.

Now I’m forgetting what I am missing.

Somewhere behind me is my checkered past and you’re there too.

 

So strange. Less than kind.

No one’s fault. But it feels like mine.

You stand there. Black clouds.

It’s not you. I tell myself it’s not you.

 

I don’t know what to say to things like that.

Oh, should I nod my head? Say I understand?

 

You. I’m talking to you.

Is it hand to mouth forever?

Is your head and heart together with you?

I’m talking to you.

 

 

PLAYERS

Jim Walker - Programming, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Keys, Bass, Percussion, Lead Vocal, BGVX