Two circles on the kitchen table
Where water soaked into the pine
You had made us each a gin and tonic
Then you pressed your lips to mine
We laughed as we tumbled up those stairs
The drinks forgotten, melted down
When we found them in the morning
You said I bet those rings are meant to stick around
There's square on the bedroom wall
It's a darker shade of blue
The sun faded all the paint around
My favorite photograph of me and you
Last week a ghost or a gust of wind
Brought it crashing to the floor
Glass scattered on the hardwood
I tried to sweep it up, but somehow my bare feet keep finding more
I wish I didn't wish that you still were here
That this lingering desire would make like smoke and disappear
That I couldn't close my eyes and conjure up your whisper in my ear
I wish I didn't wish that you were still here.
There's a diamond in an envelope
Tucked In a shoebox in the closet
It took a long time for me to take it off
I wonder if that's what you wanted
Maybe someday I'll be strong enough
To trade it in for cash
I hate to hide something so beautiful
And anyway it's not like you're ever coming back
I wish I didn't wish that you still were here
That this lingering desire would make like smoke and disappear
That I couldn't close my eyes and conjure up your whisper in my ear
I wish I didn't wish that you were still here.
Discarded dreams such a funny thing
Both weightless and heavy as hell
Please don't ask me how I'm doing
When you know damn well
I wish I didn't wish that you still were here
That this lingering desire would make like smoke and disappear
That I couldn't close my eyes and conjure up your whisper in my ear
I wish I didn't wish that you were still here