sciocco

you took your coat off,
and stood in the rain
you were always crazy like that
and i watched from my window,
always felt i was outside
looking in on you
you're always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair, you were
fashionably sensitive,
but too cool to care
you stood in my doorway
with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather

well in case you failed to notice,
in case you failed to see
this is my heart,
bleeding before you
this is me,
down on my knees

you were always brilliant in the morning
smoking your cigarettes,
and talking over coffee
your philosophies on art,
baroque moved you,
you loved mozart
and you'd speak of your loved ones
as i clumsily strummed my guitar
you'd teach me of honest things
things that were daring,
things that were clean
things that didn't know what an
honest dollar did mean
i hid my soiled hands behind my back
somewhere along the line,
i must've gone off track with you

well, excuse me,
guess i've mistaken you
for somebody else
somebody who gave a damn,
somebody more like myself

these foolish games
are tearing me apart,
and your thoughtless words
are breaking my heart
you're breaking my heart

you took your coat off,
stood in the rain
you were always crazy like that