What a Shame

What a Shame - Patricia Barber

The bluest morning ever

Broke today

Forego the nighttime

Find the moon

In the afternoon

Cry

All day

One is forgiven

Much too soon

Another year has come

And gone my way

My blood is thicker

Showing signs

Of pathology

Fast on the track

To decay

Remorse as company

Here to stay

I need you

I lost you

What a shame

The smoky faces lost

In this cafe

Their lips forever chat

A grey uniformity

Cry

All day

Amazing lethargy

Here to stay

I need you

I lost you

What a shame

No sunrise

No coffee

What a shame

No seaside

No track

No backbeat no poets

What a shame