Ruby, Don't Cry

Harley came by this evening And he said that he missed me So I told him nobody ever has I did not mean to deceive him When he leaned in to kiss me By the strip light, with heaven in his hands He said: Ruby, don't cry For the taste of metal and your priestess' eye Your tears dry heavy on her collar tonight In their blissful way Oh the shadow she threw On the backseat leather and your ribbon of blue The darkness ringing when she turns to you And she asks you to say It's not over 'Til the light bends Around your doorframe For I said, I'm leaving on Tuesday He was wordless and breathless I watched the sun in the river of his eyes Still, he could not refuse me In the room where they dressed us On the bed that his letters had described He said: Ruby, don't cry For the taste of metal and your priestess' eye Your tears dry heavy on her collar tonight In their blissful way Oh the shadow she threw On the backseat leather and your ribbon of blue The darkness spinning when she turns to you And she asks you to say It's not over 'Til the light bends Around your doorframe Draw me nearer, Ruby, with that heartache in your eyes Ruby came by to see me And she said she was sorry So I told her nobody ever is