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With Rob Enge on bass.

She takes a drink from her coffee cup.
Says "This stuff brings me luck.
I know it’s poison, but I don’t really care anymore.
The lack of options has got me low.
Everything is just go, go, go.
I want to stop and take a look in the mirror."
It’s the same old story, different song.
She’s been this way all along.
But she says “Progress is progress”
So what can I say?

And when she says she wants to be free
I know she’s not thinking of me.
And when she feels she’s had all her fun
She gives it up and she turns and runs away.

She talks about her dying life.
And says “By now I should be somebody’s wife.”
I start to smile but she turns her head away.
She says “I had a date with the Jack of Spades.
He’s a really nice guy until he gets laid.
And then he turns into some kind of child.”

And when she says she wants to be free
I know she’s not talking to me.
And when she thinks she’s just about done.
She gives it up and she turns and runs away.

We’ve known each other for sixteen years.
We’ve slid on laughter, tears and fears.
And the older we get the less we do.
We try and try but we can’t get through.
We were lovers then for too short a time.
For thirteen weeks she was mine.
But I cracked, she split,
And since then we’ve been friends.
Now we work our hours, collect our wage.
Watch our faces crack with age.
Our fantasies come in magazines -
Reality shows and steals the scene.
And everything just falls apart.
Pages tear and friends depart.
I can feel it coming, yeah, I’m not far behind.

And when she says she wants to be free
I know she’s not looking at me.
So when I think I’ve had all my fun
I’ll give it up and I’ll turn and run away.