Temporary Like Achilles

Standing on your window, honey

Yes, I’ve been here before

Feeling so harmless

I’m looking at your second door

How come you don’t send me no regards?

You know I want your lovin'

Honey, why are you so hard?

Kneeling ’neath your ceiling

Yes, I guess I’ll be here for a while

I’m trying to read your poetry, but

I’m helpless, like a rich man’s child

How come you send someone out to have me barred?

You know I want your lovin’

Honey, why you so hard?

Like a poor fool in his prime

Yes, I know you can hear me walk

But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime?

Or is it just solid rock?

Well, I lean into your hallway

Lean against your velvet door

I watch upon your scorpion

Who crawls across your circus floor

Just what do you think you have to guard?

You know I want your lovin’

Honey, but you’re so hard

Achilles is in your alleyway

He don’t want me here, he does brag

He’s pointing to the sky

And he’s hungry, like a man in drag

How come you get someone like him to be your guard?

You know I want your lovin'

Honey, but you’re so hard