I Can't Stay Here Tonight - Clem Snide

I can’t stay here tonight

There’s buttons to sew

And lust to be made to seem tender

With a freshened up face

And smile-bearing lips

I’ll practice it, locked in the bathroom

We can’t stay here tonight

This waitress is tired

Of waging a war of attrition

So pay for the coffee

And we’ll take it to go

And you hold the cup while I’m driving

I can’t stay here tonight

There’s blankets to fold

And love to make polished and silver

And store it away behind memory’s glass

We’ll take it out when we get lonely