For You Always

I met you in London, I met you in Leeds I met you in New York, we met once in Los Angeles Just around the time of the Columbine murders Mojave 3 were playing on Sunset Boulevard at Tower Records There was always something about you but you had a man in your life I felt a connection with you that felt so comfortable and right There's an unconditional love that rises above of all If you needed me in any way I'd always be there for you always Don't know when we met but There was always something about you But I always had a boyfriend and you always had a girlfriend or two You were maybe twenty seven and I was only twenty three I had a thing for you and I know you had a thing for me And though sometimes a year would go by The guys from Gomez would always tell me that you said hi Don't know why I got jealous or why I felt alarmed when Ian said You showed up to their gig with a different redhead under your arm I remember a day at the Columbia Hotel We had lunch at Halepi Across from Hyde Park We came back to my room My clothes were drying out on the balcony We were sitting there talking And the guys came in to talk to me They saw my socks and underwear hanging out there and they laughed But you didn't cause you had my back You had my back, you had my back You had my back, you had my back I remember seeing you at Conway Hall in 2008 And I remember thinking that you were looking great And I was alone but you were with that guy who worked at the guitar shop So into a black taxi with Phil and Ian Ball I hopped And outside it was cold as Charles Dickens And the next day I was at Heathrow Airport leaving for Athens And I ate stuffed peppers, played my show And slept with some hoe And I thought of you in England Drinking tea with your guy and looking out at the snow When I saw you recently and joined you onstage It was as if neither one of us had aged Still had my voice, you still had your sense of humor You were still the crazy Koz from the CMJ that winter I believe it was December 1995 So many years have passed and I've got a child now and a new guy You've got a girl and both of us are happy I want to know you when we're old and grey in rockin' chairs and cranky I'm so happy to have you in my life You know I'll always carry a soft spot for you in my heart Got a connection that's so wonderful and rare Okay Mark, I gotta go I hope to see you in Venice this year