Four Letters
molly walked down second ave.
asked me for a smoke to give her
but i was on my way uptown
had a letter to deliver
it said:
"hey
i will apply my lip balm three times daily
and i will never think of you
never wonder if we gave it up too soon
if i was meant for you.
if i was meant for you, and no one else,"
it said:
"hey,
when i grow up i'll be a movie star
who never bleeds and can not blink
remember me for who i pretended to be
and who i slept with
and who i beat up,"
it said:
"hey,
i am made, made of cotton
only cotton. only cotton
i am made of glass and glass
and glass and cotton too,"
molly walked down second ave,
asked me for a smoke to give her.
but i was on my way uptown
had a letter to deliver
it said:
"hey,
i don't miss you in the mornings
i've never ever missed you
and i don't write you letters
that i have to go uptown to deliver,"
i wish i had stayed with her
i wish i had stayed and talked to molly
told her cigarettes kill you
told her second ave. is not a nice avenue
i wish i had stayed
i wish i had stayed with her
because i don't even know who you are
who you ever were