Hedged Bets

Hedged Bets

Lift your covers up woman
Rise out of bed.

Sneak down the dark hall
Mind the floorboards that creak.

Slip to night out your back-door
Take a small light to see

Find our place in the bushes
Where we used to meet

It's been some time since there was a once in my while,
it's been a long line since there was happy in the smile.

Ain't nothing so cool as a hot summer rain
It soaks and it soothes and it puddles the pain

Your miles stretched out ahead of my years

Forget about your day now
The titles that you wear

You were none of those to me there
They all unzipped and fell

Remember what you became then
With leaves in your hair

Listen to what the night brings
The past in your head

It's been some time since there was a once in my while,
it's been a long line since there was happy in the smile.

Ain't nothing so cool as a hot summer rain
It soaks and it soothes and it puddles the pain

Your miles stretched out ahead of my years

Ain't nobody meeting you tonight
Not like I did

You can see into your house
through a closed window and to a warm bed

This is what you have now
And this shrub's just a hedge

No rendezvous for wary lovers this night
But for the yowl of a lonely tomcat

It's been some time since there was a once in my while,
it's been a long line since there was happy in the smile.

Ain't nothing so cool as a hot summer rain
It soaks and it soothes and it puddles the pain

Your miles stretched out ahead of my years