Sometimes She Doesn’t Call Back

She said "Now, now, now, now, now, now"
I know what she meant
Once we got just a little bit older
I thought it might make a little more sense

She said she still loves the unity songs
She said she still has some negative friends
She said "It's two in the morning, and I wake up at seven
We should both go to bed"

She turned the radio up and and she smiled
And we both shook our heads

Now we can keep driving around this Tangletown
Or I can just drop you off at your sister's
I think she'd lit that last cigarette
So I didn't try to kiss her

She said "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"
I know what she means
I go to work, I go home, I go to sleep
I dream these black and white dreams

God damn man, is this the whole plan?
Banging on those money machines
They're stopping in the stores
To see if they got the stuff from the magazines

And so we keep checking in on each other
Midnight message: "Darling, how you been?"
Sometimes she doesn't call back
I think that that's when she's happy

When she sighs it seems like a hurricane
Rolling blackouts, fading flashes
And onward we soldier with faith in the future

She said "It's best to accept it"
She only dreams when she sleeps
I took her back to her sister's
And when I turn on the street

She said "No, no, no, no, no, no"
I knew it might be goodbye
She turned the radio on
And it was time for me to fly

Into far away eyes
Into my time of dying
That's when I saw she was crying

Sometimes she doesn't call back
I think that that's when she's happy