Carny Life

I remember when I saw you, babe,

for the first time, it was May

and you were sitting in the front seat of a car

parked in front of a house

the house that you would one day stay

when you finally moved to L.A.

and everyone else had flaked

Oh, if you only knew

But I agreed to play a few shows with you

so we went up to Santa Cruz

to live the Carny Life

Then we found ourselves in an awful mess

and all the plans we made were best kept

sitting in a mason jar above a kitchen sink

then one I miss, oh, so terribly

so please don't say "Oh, Marry me"

unless you mean it this time

But, oh, don't you worry dear

because I know you don't intend to stay

and I'm sure that I'll find a way

with or without you

but for now I choose to

walk with you on the cloudy days

let the whole world wash away

for this point in time

Oh, because time is such a silly, silly thing

when you notice how it changes things

everything but Santa Cruz