A Trick Of the Trade

 

A trick of the trade

Shut up she said, your not going anywhere.
I have a word or two that I'd like to share.
I've got the time I said, but I haven't got a prayer
Then she walked away.
And I felt the same.

I grabbed my smokes and turned my crying records on.
There's things top do between the calm and the storm.
Where's the justice, when I have to write a song?
And I have nothing to say,
And I feel no pain.

I've sang this all before and I've said it 100 times.
It never matters all I needed were words to rhyme.
It's the same old story
Only the names have changed
And I fill in the blanks.

Went over the things she said before she was gone.
To try the find out why she left me here alone.
Everybody says you've got to carry on
But they've never been me
They don't know what I feel.

Please shed a tear for me, I swear to God it's true.
Do I look like the type of man who'd like to lie to you?
It's not that easy, sharing my life with words
I can deal with hurt.

Changed my number, Don't want to talk today
And if we spoke at all I'd have nothing new to say
Her best friend and I are together anyway
That should hide my shame. And save my name.

I'd like to apologize none of this is true.
I made it up because I had nothing better to do.
There was no heartache, no adolescent scene
No broken dreams
Does she think of me……too.