How to Love

I remember not knowing if you'd be there

all the while whipping my head around

like some kind of crazed hunt dog

I remember I caught you near the funhouse

teasing you for lack of other means then

oh, how far I've come

a smile and a comeback

wait should I backtrack?

I'm done for

I wonder if and how

I can take it back

I'm alone now

how to love and

how to love and be kind

were your eyes brighter or the neon?

I didn't really have much going for me

but I was in it for the long haul

was that smile for me or for someone else?

who won it? who claimed it? what did he say to earn it?

how to love and

how to love and be bold

oh the lonely nights spent in a dream so glorified

ode to the lonely, doesn't it seem like long ago?

cold and lonely hearts on this silly merry-go-round

oh the worry

how can love keep its secrets so far away and out of sight?

what use is rigging a ship, trimming its sails at low tide?

how to love and be cool

how to love and not be cruel

how to love