Nocturnal Interludes

[Verse 1]
High heels
Straplessly red
Seedless grapes
Cozied in the bed
Pegleg pants
Tossed aside
Scarlet smears across the bathroom tile
No, you needn't explain:
First comes the thunder, then the rain

[Refrain]
Nocturnal interludes
I heard the back door
Nocturnal interludes
More than I bargained for
Make-me-believe-it solitude

[Verse 2]
Nicotine comforts me
But don’t misunderstand
It's just an allergy to cheap perfume in private parts
And hypocrites who feed on broken hearts
Now wipe the greasepaint off
Take your bow and let the curtain fall

[Refrain]
Decade
Nocturnal interludes
I heard the back door
Nocturnal interludes
More than I bargained for
Make-me-believe-it solitude

[Verse 3]
Tired smiles
Censored romance
Premature sighs
Now it all makes sense
Trolley car
Take me along
To some distant shore far from Babylon
For their air here reeks of lies;
And even the robins sound warlike

[Refrain]
Nocturnal interludes
Like so many tsetse flies
Nocturnal interludes
Damaging merchandise
Make-me-believe-it solitude