Where we were coyly caught alone
And the sullen beery swine
In the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream
Sweetly tipsy by the half-light
Sleeping blanketed by stars
In the killing jar
By the parachutes in saddle shoes you break your shin
I'm a dull and witless boy
All falling in embrace
Beneath the tilt-a-whirl
Tell me why you lied
Try to tangle you in sullen beery balls of twine
Smoking cigarettes between their bootblack fingertips
A tawny gypsy girl
The boys in denim vests
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
All fumbling with your blouse
But I have never seen two eyes so shiny
Tell me why you lied
I may have gone too much, too long
Have they ever seen two eyes so shiny?
And in the rollercoaster din
You and me at war at arms
Tell me why you lied
The light and the half-light
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
