Missy

Missy got off the bus one day in a crowded depot, downtown LAShe looked around as if to say, 'I'm homeWell I'm homeI find someone to loveAnd some place to drinkAnd some time when I can just sit and thinkAnd I don't mind if I catch the stink of these dronesLord, of these dronesJust as long as I'm never aloneShe had eyes as big as porcelain platesAnd skin as thin as paper drapesAnd she loved the Lord the way an apostate loves songsAnd she'd sing to him before she went to sleep,"I pray to you, my soul to keepYou're shepherd, then I'll be your sheep until dawnOh until dawnWell I'd follow you, even if it was wrong"I met her one night at the coffee shopHer face so bright, my heart just stoppedHello my dear, I fear I'm not what I seemNot what I seemI should've become a better manI should be more deserving thanThe beggar, thief, and courtesan I've beenOh, that I've beenWell I swear, I lie, I curse all of my dreamsBut I swear there's still some good in meAnd I think if you stuck around you'd seeAll the honest attempts at integrity, I was hadMaybe if you helped me, I'd get it rightI stay awake every night, staring at the ceilingWondering why I feel so bad, why I feel so badOh I swear, I swear, I swear I'll never get sad