Dates and Dead People

It's like someone you knew, your life long ago

Those broken branches say, "Please"

Give 'em a wheel, go on through the nighttime

You get empty, you'd never say no

"It's cold," says the boat, the waves say, "I know"

Falling all over themselves

They sing about sand, both kinds of lonely

And making it up as they go

What a life, long ago

Dates and dead people, dates and dead people

For the love of it all

Dates and dead people, dates and dead people

Your story is true whenever you need one

"Click," says the lock on a door

It forgives, it forgets, this woman is warm

"Yes," says the window

Toasting your dates and dead people

That's your hand in the air

Lighter than light, it's an empty cloud

That gave all it could bear

Surely you cried at the right times

A tear knows what to do

Now your memory of love was dancing

The box step with the broom

Fire subsides like laughing

Ain't that how it goes?

There's nothing but devils in a vanity mirror

Pick the one that you know

You know

You know

You know

What a life, long ago

The lesser of evils, threading a needle

For the love of it all

Dates and dead people, dates and dead people