Smile When You Call Me That

You're gonna say I told you so

I never should have let you go

Ain't it funny that here we are

The two of us in two different bars

In separate cages dancing slow

We ain't got nobody to call our own

Now you can always go back home

Where you just might be there alone

Now I'm drunk and you're insane

And I can't quit and you won't change

Ain't no halfhearted Romeo

Why do you treat me so?

Like our love's a joke

Hurts too much to laugh

Well, can't you at least smile

When you call me that?

Now days are harder than you would believe

Ain't having luck making ends meet

If time were money then look at me

I'm richer than a poor man should be

Price of admission oh it's much too steep

For broke uneducated clowns like me

It may be true I was first to leave

But now I'm begging you please

My heart's on my sleeve

And I'm tipping my hat

So can't you at least smile

When you call me that?

Not much is certain but this is true

My arms are useless if they don't have you

They hang around me with nothing to do

I'm hoping you and yours are lonesome too

Neon buzzing and here I am

Last one standing, last call again

While you're unfolding in a stranger's hands

I'll drink up and be somebody's man

Angels can walk I've seen it before

They turn handles and they open doors

They act like devils, now you've been warned

They'll vanish when love is war

I'm down on my knees

And you won't have me back

Well, can't you at least smile

When you call me that?

I'm down on my knees

When you won't have me back

Well, can't you at least smile

When you call me that?