I Love You Like An Alcoholic

Heavy humid night, corner of Park and Main

Cast that first glance: your smile, my veins

At maximum capacity, blood pumping so fast

My girl, if looks gave heart attacks

The dangerous men in the shadows were like an audience,

And even the meanest among them had

А special little shine in their eyes when they saw us walk by

Walked about twenty blocks talking about good bars and better towns than this

one

Kissed that first night, and then the rain opened up the sky to get…

One last kiss

I love you like an alcoholic

One last kiss

I love you like a statuette

One last kiss

I need you like I need a broken leg

I was getting off the late shift

Attempting to recover

Crumpled up the bus pass

Tossed it into the gutter

Some handsome dark stranger

You were standing there on the corner

You had those compelling magnetized eyes you must have lost when you got older

Seven blocks in, my fingers brushed your hand

I blushed and you laughed, but you seemed a little sad

I ain’t one to jump a ship, but I absolutely knew

I was six steps in when I fell into you

One last kiss

I love you like a broken pot

One last kiss

I love you like a pack of dogs

One last kiss

I need you like I need a gaping head wound

One last kiss

I love you like an alcoholic

One last kiss

I love you like a negligee

One last kiss

I need you like I need a broken leg