Why Does She Love Me?
One more
Oh buddy dont you think youve had enough
Its practically morning already
One more I said
Alright alright
My shift is over anyway so lets settle the bill okay
Jeez youre in a bad way aint you
Worse than most that end up here
Heres the morning shift maybe hell know what to do with you
Yes what to do with me
Thats the question isnt it
Thats always been the question
Ever since the beginning
She looks for sympathy
I give her sorrow
She asks for honesty
Ive none to borrow
She needs my tender kiss
She begs it off me
I give her ugliness
Why does she love me
She yearns for higher things
Things I cant give her
The rush that music brings
I cant deliver
And even when she sings
And soars above me
I try to clip her wings
Why does she love me
One more drink sir
Thats what I need
Dont you think sir
Leave the hurt behind
Do you hear me
Another drink
She wants the man I was
Husband and father
At least she thinks she does
She neednt bother
Beneath this mask I wear
Theres nothing of me
Just horror shame despair
Why does she love me
How bout you sir
Tell me what am I to do sir
Leave the hurt behind
Morning Bernie coffee please
Hurry up before I freeze
Ill just take it black
Mother said Id find you here
Miss Giry
Do you know where you are
Hell I imagine
Around here they call it suicide hall
Its where people end up
When they dont know where else to go
The hopeless the desperate
The good place to step off the side
Of the pier and quietly vanish
You seem to be a regular
Me
I come here to swim
This town is coarse and cold and mean
Its hard to keep your conscience clean
Faceless in the crowd
Anythings allowed
And so I come at dawn each day
Come to wash it all away
Sink into the sea blue and cool and kind
Let it set me free let the past unwind
Leave the hurt behind
You should never have come to America
Its not a place for people like you and Christine
Its too easy to forget who you are and where you belong
Thats why Mother says you must leave here
Now take your wife and the boy and go
Leave
What about tonight
The concert the money
Am I to just run away from him
When the sun rises tomorrow
We can all start again clean
Sail across the sea
Put us out of mind
Close your eyes and flee
Let yourself stay blind
Leave this place behind