she

i sold my soul for kisses on the playground
i thought i would feel happy
i saw her on the swings like an angel with no wings
she said she wanted to fly

so i obliged
i helped her fly
as i chased her on the playground i showed her
how to comply
as she ran away from me

i washed dishes eleven hours every day
she walked in and never paid
i found a number etched in the cups she left behind
with a heart and a hopefull hello

so i obliged
we lived side by side in a twin sized bed
we looked out the window and traced the raindrops
i showed how i could comply
as she laid next to me

i sang songs for pennies on the street
she played a mean guitar
i got looks from people every day
saying "wow, that's a lucky guy"

so i obliged
i felt so high with my musical life
we taught lessons with our voices in tune
and showed how we could not comply
as she sang next to me

we traveled farther than lewis and clark
never stopping for more than a week
we jumped trains with the rest of the misfits
and drank red wine under the summer sky

and i obliged
we said so long to the troubles at home
i kissed her on the lips and said she was mine
and she said she would love to comply
as she loved me back

i tried this and she tried that
still searching to fly
i never asked a question out loud
"what if we get too high?"

but we obliged
we used things to forget the past
i showed her how it's done
and then she complied
as i watched her drown in my own wake

two years later we found our lives broken
and nowhere to hide
she climbed to the roof of the chelsea hotel
and said: "this place looks fine"

i chased her to the edge but she was always faster
i tried to talk to her but she would only scream
i saw her silhouette against the blackened sun
my angel with no wings

she obliged
she waved goodbye
a thirteen story fall off the fourteenth floor
she said she wanted to fly
and she flew away from me

she flew away from me