Raincheck
JACK
It all began innocently enough
Like an out-of-hand poker bluff
Improvised ad-libbed alibis
Losing track of the runaway lies
Little white slips of omission
Piled in a tinderbox awaiting ignition
Making way for stray flames bound
To torch our totems down to the ground
It may seem an abdication
A way to duck an altercation
I owe a ton of explanations
But it’s too sunny for a spat
So you’ll have to take
A raincheck on that
When Echo rode up on a shiny pony
I knew a door was slamming shut
Her purfume smelled of alimony
Oozing tons of I don’t know what
Painted into a corner
By shady evasive maneuvers
No broad brush is fit to cover
The graffiti left by other lovers
It may seem an abdication
A way to duck an altercation
I owe a ton of explanations
But it’s too sunny for a spat
So you’ll have to take
A raincheck on that
Hatchets buried under tons of dirt
Just let it slide and no one gets hurt
This molehill’s much too deep to desert
And I’ll be glad to get out with my shirt
Oh, I know I’m courting disaster
Hell, that’s half the adventure
But until they cure human nature
I’m split in two loving both of you
When Eris asked young Paris
For what will you be embarrassed?
Is it power or wit or lady’s love
Well, he chose the loveliest on earth or above
And for that Troy was destroyed and lost
So who knows what loving you might cost
It may seem an abdication
A way to duck an altercation
I owe a ton of explanations
But it’s too sunny for a spat
So you’ll have to take
A raincheck on that
No Mind Left Unblown
The studio debut from
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