Excerpt, Chapter 3: “From Where I Sit”

Seemingly invincible, jeans baggy and bright There's got to be somewhere else we can take our money tonight The only man I've ever loved left when the grinder went empty I was dancing on his car-hood when he headed Southwest out of Jersey Tattoos of Texas up and down his forearms Somewhere outside Memphis dropped me at a bus stop If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you Killed my man cause I couldn't hold him Under Redbuds blooming Says "I'm not usually at a loss for words…" A master of ceremonies crooning His face went slack, to suggest adjournment of emotion And like the audience I wandered off into city streets, skylines eroding If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you" Work myself into an early death Unless someone can save me Cause from where I'm sitting You're all I've got baby If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you If there is any doubt that I do Darling it's cause I do it for you