LIGHTER

Cigarette ash my ass

This shit lighter doesn't pass

I pass a street to burn me out

Putting a cap on timing's gout

Somehow I know what it's all about

But still let it go up in smoke 

And nothing's wrong

Just a companion. Perhaps that would do.

A friend with a lighter that's better than you

I tried to be immediate

And all you are is inanimate

So why aren't you talking, combating my whims

You quicken my pulse and encourage impulse

Isn't that what love does? Don't tell me that's false

But you make me fuck up

I don't stop to think

Not even about what I want to drink

So if I'm gonna smoke, smoke like a man

If you're gonna talk, talk like a woman

These are my thoughts, but you can skip them

If you'll just sit with me, 'cause I love the embers

The embers you make, shining through the darkness

The embers that burn in beautiful starkness

Watch me think, watch me pray

And, if you can manage, have something to say.