Henry Jamison

The Jacket
She wore a black jacket and the winter sun beat down Or I guess it was early Spring and we were in a park in Chinatown If I were jacket Her chest and limbs all rapped around I would soak up all that light into my lining I leaned in to feel the warmth pouring off her skin Yes i tried to breathe her essence like it was precious oxygen And she took off her jacket the second we walked in And I soaked up all the light from the fluorescence What was I supposed to say to her? In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning What was I supposed to say to her? I was coming up empty Coming up I was on my phone for half an hour and bleached in the white light glare Sittin' at the sports bar 'cause the game is playing there And the hometown team was down by 10 But I really didn't care I just soaked up all the light from the flat screen Oh where can my little darling be? Most of the money i ever spent, I spent it in her company Now I'm lookin' for some earnestness and my mind won't let me be Until I soak up all that light into my lining SongtexteWhat was I supposed to say to her? In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning What was I supposed to say to her? I was coming up empty Coming up All day I did not know if we'd break up or I'd propose We walked out into the April glow Come to me now oh muse tell me something I can't confuse Sing me something I'll never lose in knowing What was I supposed to say to her? In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning What was I supposed to say to her? I was coming up empty What was I supposed to say to her? In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning What was I supposed to say to her? I was coming up empty Coming up Aus Songtexte Mania