She lifts her skirt up to her knees, walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing. I never learned to count my blessings, I choose instead to dwell in my disasters. I walk on down the hill, through grass, grown tall and brown and still its hard somehow to let go of my pain. On past the busted back of that old and rusted Cadillac that sinks into this field, collecting rain. Will I always feel this way? So empty, so estranged. And of these cut-throat busted sunsets, these cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary. If through my cracked and dusted dime-store lips I spoke these words out loud would no one hear me? Lay your blouse across the chair, let fall the flowers from your hair and kiss me with that country mouth, so plain. Outside, the rain is tapping on the leaves, to me it sounds like they're applauding us the quiet love we made. Will I always feel this way? So empty, so estranged. Well I looked my demons in the eyes, laid bare my chest, said "...