Loom         

you always got those dark sunglasses 
covering half your face 
but if you promise to take them off 
i promise i won't squander your gaze 
i will be picturesque 
i will be nice 
i won't do anything 
you can't tell your wife 
i will think before i act 
i will think twice 
just let me see your eyes 

each time we've spoken 
we've put in our token 
and ridden the tilt-a-whirl 
i was giggling and dizzy 
flirting like a twelve year old girl 
the carnival of you and me 
is coming to town 
watch how we spin and spin 
and then fall down 
now we just say hello 
and head for firmer ground 

you are the one-way glass 
that watches me 
standing in line at the bank 
i always looked into your glasses 
like a cat looks into a fish tank 
but all i could ever see 
was the specter of me reflected 
i want a monument of the friendship 
that we never had, erected 
i want to take up lots of room 
i want it to loom 

you always got those dark sunglasses 
between us when we talk 
but after the party is over 
if you wanna take a walk 
we could just look around 
not do nothing wrong 
just try to be at least as brave as our songs 
i will bring my heart 
i will bring my face 
you name the time and place
           
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