Apart Meant Building

[couchgrouch]

Apart Meant BuildingPaint chipped wallspaint chipped dreamsworm in my bottlepork in my beansfour stories upcobblestone ledgemy past and my presentperched on the edgeshe thought it bestwe seperateso I rent a roomwtih skid row ratesshe said absencemakes love grow fonderthe strain of breaking might rebuild it strongerbut this room crushes memy life's in shardsapart meant buildingbut I'm falling apartletters from lawyersunder my doorthe answer Cuervo wrotehid in my drawergames people playshe's got loveI've got solitaireI wish the chill in the airwould've just stayed thereI opened that drawerred ice in my heartapart meant buildinga house of cardsshe got the tiphe got the tabtheir shadows kissedin backa that cabhis place was a penthousecompared to minekey left in the doorshe pulled the blindsI stood in the hallwith trembling handsbut I refused to bowto the devil's demandsdropped that gun in a storm drainwalked the foggy streets homeapart meant buildingand forgiving's the first stone(c)2004 Robert George