OH, MY DARLING

I'm at this place the Motel Ocean View
we're both showing signs of distress
the sea is shining back the moon
the moon couldn't care less

I want some sugar
in my sugar bowl
my dreams are big as a whale
they swallow me whole

oh my darling you break my heart
I wish I could carve you up and keep the good part

I dreamt I was a merman
I took a mermaid for my wife
she sprouted legs
and walked out of my life

if the sky holds up
if we get fair weather
I'm gonna hang a hammock
from two trees close together

oh my darling you break my heart
I wish I could carve you up and keep the good part

I went down to Miami
I don't even know why
just kept going 'til the road came to an end
life's a beach and then you die

woman thy name is frailty
man thy name is frailty too
I'll take a truth I don't like
over a lie I do

oh my darling you break my heart
I wish I could carve you up and keep the good part

I'm reading a thick book
the pages seem to multiply
the autobiography of one long gone
no way to verify

I'm taking a survey
of my colleagues and peers
I'm gonna ask the men
wading through lily pads carrying spears

oh my darling you break my heart
I wish I could carve you up and keep the good part

I'm taking one last look
at that old ghost
gonna brush up on my español
and say adios

love is action
pick it up and move it
when you love something
you prove it

oh my darling you break my heart
I wish I could carve you up and keep the good part

 — Life With Others (Part II)