Heavy Covenant

With the wine glass on the microwave And the ashtray in the kitchenette I could tell that it was difficult To bring that sort of subject up It was tough to bring the subject up Sleeper city on a power play In the garden with a day to spare And if you know the perfect words to say You can get it almost anywhere That's a pretty heavy covenant To make with someone powerless He said he'll ask about that other stuff If you're still prepared to pay for it I know the perfect place to go Slide your little phone into the airplane mode Motel Mariposa A little south of downtown on the frontage road Seeing stories in the the scorch marks Hearing bass lines in the buzzing of the lights Call down to the desk and say we're going to need another night We're going to stay a second night I sell software made for offices It increases their efficiency Hospitals and local governments It's a pretty heavy covenant In the taxi to the airport I was hoping for Tucson around ten Staring at the skyline Then right back at my phone to find a friend It seems a single body is a couple different people in this one life I'm sorry but my meeting got delayed I'm going to be another night First I watched him play his instruments A resonator with a missing string Then I asked him about the songs he did How he decides what songs he's gonna sing Then I asked if I could shake his hand And I palmed him almost forty bucks Then I asked about the other stuff With the wine glass on the microwave The ashtray in the kitchenette I could tell that it was difficult Sleeper city with the underplay You can get it almost anywhere If you know the perfect words to say That's a pretty heavy covenant To make with someone powerless He said he'll ask about that other stuff Met a guy in up in some music club Gave him almost almost forty bucks To make it safe to bring the subject up 'Cause it's tough to bring the subject up 'Cause it's tough to bring the subject up It's a pretty heavy covenant