Made

Could’ve sworn there was something

In the love we made

Could’ve sworn I touched a piece of you

Your body betrayed

 

But baby just won’t let me in

Sure, it’s a shame, sure is a sin

He’s been playing to lose, I’ve been betting to win

Baby just won’t let me in

 

And timing’s just a thing folks blame

When they are afraid

Now it’s time to make a call

Call a spade a spade

 

So far as the future goes,

Feelings always fade

Never held ’em up my sleeve

But he managed to evade

 

Baby just won’t let me in

Sure, it’s a shame, sure is a sin

He’s been playing to lose, I’ve been betting to win

Baby just won’t let me in

 

Love, it’s what burns up the stars

It’s what goes down in flames

Baby, least I took the chance

Least I played the game

Layaway

Baby loves the ocean

But he’s afraid to swim

Stands out against the waves

And takes ’em on the chin

 

Baby loves his music

But he won’t play a note

Leans against the lyrics

Repeats ’em all by rote

 

Well, what’ll come out if baby plays?

If he lets the tide take him away?

Nobody knows ’cause nobody stays

Baby’s love’s on layaway

 

And baby loves tomorrow

Always one more than today

Postdating his sorrows

But someone always pays

 

Well, what’ll come out if baby plays?

Lets the tide wash his fears away?

Nobody knows ’cause nobody stays

Baby’s love’s on layaway

Infinite Divisibility

Well, he takes a step toward me

And then he halves that half

Divisible infinity

He plots me on a graph

 

But baby never quite arrives

And we never quite meet

Because infinite divides

Are odds I can’t quite beat

 

And I can’t go halfway no more

I can’t live half-in

I never had the heart for maths

And straight lines make me spin

 

Baby takes the world in strides

But it reads like a retreat

And his infinite divides

Are odds I can’t quite beat

Dance Card

They say the best way out is through

And so I’ll take this dance with you

I’ll follow pace, I’ll move in time

You set rhythm, I’ll match with rhyme

One step forward, one step back

I’ll learn to balance where there’s slack

When you long to dip me low,

I’ll arch my back in even flow

 

And Life, when we’ve moved through my fears,

My dance card will be free and clear