The Part You Throw Away

You dance real slow, you wreck it down

Then you walk away, you turn around

What did that old blonde gal say?

That is the part

You throw away

I want that beggar's eyes, a winning horse

A tidy Mexican divorce

St. Mary's prayers, Houdini's hands

And a barman who always

Understands

Will you lose the flowers? Hold on to the vase

Will you wipe all those teardrops away from your face?

I can't help thinking as I close the door

I have done all of this

Many times before

Well, the bone must go, the wish can stay

The kiss don't know what the lips will say

Forget I've hurt you, put stones in our bed

And remember to never

Mind instead

Well, all of your letters burned up in the fire

Time is just memory mixed with desire

That's not the road, this is only the map

I said gone just like matches

From a closed-down cabaret

In a Portuguese saloon

A fly is circling around the room

You'll soon forget the tune that you play

'Cause that is the part

You throw away

Oh, that is the part

You throw away