RUBY, DON’T CRY

Harley came by this evening
And he said that he missed me
So I told him nobody ever has
I did not mean to deceive him
When he leaned in to kiss me
By the strip light, with heaven in his hands

He said
Ruby don’t cry
For the taste of metal and your priestess’ eye
Your tears dry heavy on her collar tonight
In their blissful way
Oh the shadow she threw
On the backseat leather and your ribbon of blue
The darkness ringing when she turns to you
And she asks you to say
It’s not over
’til the light bends
Around your doorframe
For

I said, “I’m leaving on Tuesday”
He was wordless and breathless
I watched the sun in the river of his eyes
Still, he could not refuse me,
In the room where they dressed us
On the bed that his letters had described

He said
Ruby don’t cry
For the taste of metal and your priestess’ eye
Your tears dry heavy on her collar tonight
In their blissful way
Oh the shadow she threw
On the backseat leather and your ribbon of blue
The darkness spinning when she turns to you
Still I wantAnd she asks you to stay
It’s not over
’til the light bends
Around your doorframe
Draw me nearer ruby with that heartache in your eye-ah-eye eyes.

Ruby came by to see me
And she said she was sorry
So I told her nobody ever is

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