Breath Of The Barfly

You taught me how to cry
When I couldn't talk
We spent light-years together
In the dark
With sailors, barflies
And drunken cops
In smokey rooms, broken dreams
And broken hearts

But you never told me a reason
The reason that life is so cold
You held me that night when I was freezing
That night you kept saying, you kept saying
You kept saying, "babe"

In this world of jagged edges
And dusty ruins
Forever seemed like never
And never came too soon
When you spoke softly
With your husky breath
You were the angel of mercy
In this valley of death

But you never told me a reason
The reason that life is so cold
You held me that night when I was freezing
That night you kept saying, you kept saying
You kept saying, "babe"

Then with your tall, tough, dark, mystery eyes
I listened so closely
To your stolen truth
And flattering lies