SADDEST SONG

ANOTHER LOVE LETTER FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER PAST THE BRIDGE OF TEARS
LONELY GIRL WITH HER HEAD HUNG DOWN
WALKS A MILE PAST HOME ~ JUST TO BE ALONE

A PRETTY BOY WITH A PRACTICED STARE 
WALKS WITH PURPOSE BUT GOES NOWHERE
HIS REPUTATION AS A CLOWN ~ GOT HIM GOOD AND SHOT  HIM DOWN 

IT'S THE SADDEST SONG TO HAVE TO SING
AND I WOULD GIVE MOST ANYTHING
TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THESE TWO LIVES
BUT I CAN ONLY WATCH AND SIGH AS I AM LOOKING DOWN

SHE PULLS HER HAIR AND SLOWLY TURNS 
SHE'LL HEAD FOR HOME BUT STOP TO SEE
MESMERIZED BY THE RIVERS FLOW
WATCHING AS THE LEAVES DANCE FREE
SHE THINKS HOW NICE THAT IT WOULD BE
TO BE A LEAF AND NOT BE ME
AND THOUGH IT'S COLD SHE FEELS NO CHILL AS SHE WADES INTO THE RIVER
THE CURRENT PULLS HER IN AS SHE FLOATS UP ON HER BACK
BUT THE SWIRLING RIVER TAKES HER DOWN 
AND SHE IS LOST...  AND SHE IS FOUND
SNAGGED BY A MIRED LOG 
BENEATH THE BRIDGE OF TEARS

HE RUSHES HOME TO HIS HOUSE OF STONE
SHUTS THE DOOR TO BE ALONE
AND RUSHES TO THE MIRROR
HE SNARLS AND POINTS BUT IT'S NOT VAIN
HE HATES HIMSELF AND THIS ACHING PAIN

HE OPENS UP THE STINKING DRAWER
AND FINDS A RAZOR THERE
HE FILLS THE TUB WITH STEAMING WATER
AND SLIPS INTO THAT PEACEFUL HAZE 
THEN AS HIS CLOTHING WEIGHS HIM DOWN
HE SLITS HIS WRISTS AND WATCHES AS HIS LIFEBLOOD FLOWS

IT'S THE SADDEST SONG TO HAVE TO SING
AND I WOULD GIVE MOST ANYTHING
TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THESE TWO LIVES
BUT I CAN ONLY WATCH AND SIGH AS I AM LOOKING DOWN