Nice Save

[couchgrouch]

Nice SaveHe'd promised to stop hangin'with that hangover crowdso he sprayed minty Binacain his cottonmouthshe didn't seem to noticewhen she gave him a hugso he walked away smilin'feelin' smart and smugand thought "nice saveby the skin of your teethyou got away cleanlike a midnight thiefshe nearly caught you off guardbut quick thinking really paysyou avoided disasternice save, buddy, nice save"he snuck from that hotel roomand stopped by the Bouquet Corralhe'd soothe his guilty consciencewith a dozen for his galwhen he gave her those rosesshe saw scratches on his armsbut she seemed to believe himwhen he blamed the thornsand he thought "nice saveby the skin of your teethyou got away cleanlike a midnight thiefshe nearly caught you off guardbut quick thinking really paysyou avoided disasternice save, buddy, nice save"she could've taken it allwith that hotel photographbut by leaving without itshe still took the better halfcos houses and suburbansall can be replacedbut when she thought of a futurethat almost went to wasteshe thought "nice saveby the skin of your teethyou got away cleanlike a midnight thiefhe nearly caught you off guardbut quick thinking really paysyou avoided disasternice save, sister, nice save"(c)2005 Robert George