Lyric Rush Hour

rush hour
and the day s dawning
the rain came
and pushed me under the awning
the puddles grew and threw themselves at me
with every passing car
I m shielding my guitar
and there were some things that I
did not tell him
there were certain things
he did not need to know
and there were some days
when I did not love him
he didn t understand me
and I don t know why
I didn t go
he said change the channel
I ve got problems of my own
I m so sick of hearing about drugs
and aids
and people without homes
and I said, well,
I d like to sympathize with that
but if you don t understand
then how can you act
I expected summer to be there in the morning
I woke to the alarm
but she was out of arms reach
sneaking out
on silent thighs
that were spent and sore
from the hot nights that came before
he said I looked for you
I don t know why
I said I was wearing black so you could
see me against the sky
take your big leather boots
and your buckles and your chains
put them on a downtown train
I expected he would be there in the morning
I awoke to the alarm
he was still in arm s reach
but his body was just a disguise
his mind had wandered off long ago
you see in his eyes
love isn t over when the sheets are stained
in my head there remains
so much left to be said
make me laugh, make me cry, enrage me
but just don t try to disengage me