Chloroform Perfume

The end result of so many meetings At late night diners with no one eating We sit in corners and sip burnt coffee Count the tiles up on the ceiling Skip this pretense and cut straight to dying Don't beg me to keep your eyes from cryin You said so much Without ever parting your lips It's past 3 A.M. and I'm still far from sleep And this is a habit that I can't break You're my only company I'm skipping stones And the street lights flicker like this match in my hand The street lights flicker like this match in my hand And the street lights flicker like this match in my hand Begging to strike Begging to strike And I keep repeating but this payphone tele stopped receiving Flat out of change now I'm sure you won't accept the charges It's all the same cause by the morning I'll be halfway to Colorado or some place like that You said so much Without ever parting your lips Past 3 A.M. and I'm still far from sleep And this is a habit that I can't break You're my only company I'm skipping stones down a dull suburban street And she keeps on asking, Do you think it hurts much to die It's hurting so much more to stay alive now She is going to find out how much it hurts to die She laces her perfume up with death I feel it in my lungs So I pull in the deepest breath And drop my head