Lyric Night In The Wilderness

I could he sitting on the left of you.
You d be looking straight ahead.
If I was adrift right across from you,
you still would cut me dead.
I ve had better deep discussions
with this plate of soft-shelled crab.

I d put some spice in your rice.
You d give me blues in the stew.
I d give you catfish jumping.
You d give me all this work to do.
Who s got the cheque on this hot dinner?
Who s got the tabs on the crab?

Another night in the wilderness:
should have been a night on the town.
Lesson in learning how to hold a conversation down.
I m in splendid isolation, feel that heavy silence fall.
Got all this cut out for me to do.
Another night in the wilderness of you.

Here I am drinking you with my eyes.
You re looking at the gravy on my bib.
I go weak-kneed at the suggestion of you.
What s wrong with the cut of my jib?
Is there a lobster in the offing, or just a fifty dollar cheque?