You were always better
At saying it
Than showing it
It was the other way for me
So I don't doubt it now
It's only fair
I couldn't complete
Your sentences
You couldn't complete
My advances
We were lovers
In the wrong place
At the right time

When the whip came down on you
Was it my blood that stained the leather?

In intimate moments
As we laid bare our scars
I truly believed that
None matched like ours

Before the mental lacerations
Bridled our voice
And we were burdened with
The indignity of choice

Did you blame yourself
For the beatings you took?

Did you look upon
Your master with pity?
As I looked upon
Mine with rage?

Is that why I'm still
Locked inside this cage?

Still I must wonder
Even after your escape
If beauty bought you freedom
Or a new set of chains

In the passenger seat of my car
You on top in a black dress
Your skirt hiked up above your waist
It was cramped
You struggled to maneuver
But it's always like this
Or so it seems
Things go right in my life
More often than my dreams

I'm sorry, baby
I'm seeing someone new

They called me crazy
They called me a ***
In the centuries since your departure
I vowed to go stag
Until there was someone else
Who could take the place of you

I'm sorry, baby
I'm seeing someone new

I've loved many women
I never could touch
I've touched many women
I never could love
It's time to go back
To that place in my head
The one where I lived
Before you'd lain on my bed

I'm sorry, baby
I'm seeing someone new

One by one the girls go past
Each more beautiful
And radiant than the last
Memory's not much to live on
So I watch as they pass
A couple drops of water
For the Scotch in my glass

I'm sorry, baby
I'm seeing someone new

I was so strong before you
I thought nothing could break
Until you left me so lonesome,
So tired, so weak that
I thought I might die
Shattered like headlights
On the forth of July

I'm sorry, baby
I'm seeing someone new

If you have something left to give
Though you don't owe a thing
I'd ask for some closure
A call, just a little ring
So you can tell me again
That it won't **** me, I'll live
Tell me again in that callous little tone
Hand me down my sentence
And then hang up the phone

Two years since we've talked
And your picture appears
Uncalled upon my screen
For untold scores to leer

You lie about your age
You go by a different name
You have a new tattoo
Spread across your frame

But your lips are still the same
Your eyes quite distinct
As the diamond stud that
Rests high upon your cheek

You're more beautiful
Than I dare to remember

More beautiful than I dare
To remember

Still your kiss
Can't be out done
As every girl since
Has come to learn

As if they felt your absence
When our bodies meet
Far more than my presence
And know they can't compete

Yes, your absence is felt
Far more than my presence

I'm not so surprised
In some small way satisfied
Was the money you left me for
Not enough to keep you occupied?

To think I had something to teach
When I was never one to listen
Only absorb the information
In tangled abstracts of ideas
To regurgitate upon a whim
I hope that you were wise enough
Not to listen when I wasted
My worthless breath on you

Forgive the frown on my face
I'm having trouble
Reconciling the facts
With the ultimate truth
The ultimate truth
Is everything's ok