Any Good

I can hear two lovers through the wall

They lay as she reaches defeat

I hear them all the time

She commutes from Anaheim

She says the moon is full

And to expect a big pull

Tonight's full moon, it'll be one month

Since I got scared that I was a fool

To let you all the way back in

Just when you proved me right again

Remember when we tried to write a song together?

You made a face at the words I chose

I was trying to write simpler

And you said, "Yeah, well there's a difference between

What's simple and what isn't any good"

Tonight's full moon, it'll be two years

Since you put me right down for the first time

I said, "Maybe let him in

'Cause people surprise us sometimes"

Faces around my face

So patiently they have waited as I've tried

To defend the last glimmers

Of good character

Today I play, "In the grass all wine-colored"

With lovers strewn about the blades

You've got everything you need

Lies sounding like they're honesty

Some guy said, “In this town

That's your biggest head start"

On that new moon outside the bar

With the streets all wet

I knew I was in trouble

I said, "Darling, please be careful with me"

Shame on me

Tonight's white light with the ring of pink

I can't afford to think about

How there's a difference between

Absent-minded love and being unkind