Sad Loving

She tells you stories of a parrot named Dylan Stories of death, stories of living Tells you she wants you, but she doesn't know It's easy to love but harder to show Feed her a dime and she will play all night Songs of sad rhyme, sorrow and spite Love is her devil, if only she knew It's not what you say, it's the things that you do.

Crocodiles are living things Politics are sometimes bad Popcorn sells well at theaters But loving her is sad.

She tells you of things you hate to hear Of married men as you drink your beer Makes you weep to want things right She steals the day and owns the night Buy her rubies and emeralds green She knows what it's like for she has seen Many separate times before Just another lover to add to her score

Dinners after lunch you know Breakfast is what you've had The night might make you hungry But loving her is sad

She tells of a night without you, so glad "Shame you weren't there, Oh well, too bad" I'm laughing, I'm crying, a head made from wood I know that I shouldn't, but she knew that I would Lost in a fooled world again and again She is fooled in a lost world now and then Drugs becoming stronger, longer by time She isn't anyone's, especially mine.

Flowers bloom in Spring time And the world is growing mad Corn flakes are going up in price But loving her is sad

She tells you of a one night lover to begin Of a two faced mother, and living sin Time is the cigarette she holds in her hand A slowly burning hourglass of sand Her ultimate goal is only teardrops away We have to help, we need to stay Just one of us, yet different still Of unreal creation, so hard to fulfill

A match will light if you strike the flint And a pen always needs a pad You can suck on a saxophone all day long But loving her is sad

She tells you of your fantasy wedding Mindless damage, brain embedding You think that this possibly could be a tie But it's just another joke, another heart felt good bye Walk with me, talk with me, toy for the day I know when you're finished you will throw me away But we'll hang around just like all of the others We are not really nothing, just other lovers

Monkeys eat bananas Great granddad is just a lad I have a scar on my sweaty right hand But loving her is sad

She tells you of England, a great place to be More life and more lovers that she's dying to see So many hassles yet to be overcome Run from the rain, hide from the sun Beware of the corners, so easy to trap She knows all the escape routes, every shortcut, each gap She will be missing, but still she can lie So hard to believe but only fools cry

Fish sleep with their eyes open Hyenas are always glad Hoola-hoops roll round your stomach But loving her is sad

She tells you of how much she is in love with you And of course she gets jealous over things that you do Losing control of a brain that is no longer mine If she stays till tomorrow I'm sure I'll be fine I reach out to touch you, but you are never that close Freedom is impossible, just another overdose I am taking the wrong road, and hoping it's right I'm too weak to resist you, too weak to fight

Stars only shine at night time I wish I knew my dad Mosquitos are just small vampires But loving her is sad

She tells you of a party where she would like you to be "Please make sure you come, want you to be with me" Talking and drinking with people so couthe When I left you for a moment I was struck by the truth As I entered the bedroom and saw you with another I wasn't that upset, I just wished I was your lover Eat with me, sleep with me, don't be upset If I don't leave you soon I will never forget

So many times you have done this now It's like I'm slowly going mad But I guess that's just the price I pay Because loving you is sad

written in 1976 revised in 1997 and 1998 Copyright © 1997 by Luke Jennings, All rights reserved