You， David， Maria & Me

You, David, Maria & Me - Simon Joyner

Of course I remember that summer on the coast

I remember cutting up my time

And feeling like a guest without a host

And watching you go rotten on the vine

That was the year the wall came down

And nearly everyone escaped with their head

But here the rain smeared all the seashore towns

So we just climbed the walls inside instead

Then David came to visit both of us

And you and he became entangled too

But loyalties split too many ways are too dangerous

So we thought we'd divide all of you

And you made me a promise but you didn't keep it

So I swore I'd explore a vow or two

That's when Maria came down to visit me in secret

But I was too eager so she chose you

Then I remember David getting seasick

And trying to tear you from Maria and me

Thinking he could possess you was hysterical

And after you had seen him on his knees

And Maria with her illnesses real and imagined

And that lost father syndrome you ignored

Well you left her in a shell down by the ocean

With two sunken ships on a hurricane shore

Things get a little hazy after you flew

I know I looked around the sand for my neck

And yes there was a period of catching up to do

So I remember the funeral but I've forgotten the death

Now I hear David's teaching fetishes to couples

Who don't know what they're missing in their beds

And Maria she wrapped all of her dreams up in troubles

While I got all of you out of my head

Still thank you for the memories you rescued

I thought they were someone else's but they're mine

And thank you for the lessons all those years ago

And this invitation I respectfully decline