Like Cursing Kids - Kevin Devine

I saw your freckles on the shoulders

Of a stranger today

And my heart leapt, my heart leapt

I saw the sickle of your dimple

Slice the side of her face

And my heart leapt, my heart leapt

But then she faced me while we wrestled

For our place on the train

Kabuki makeup, a labret ring

I kept out of her way

You’re not that actress playing dress-up

On the subway today

So my heart keeps leapin' on

I tried to catch you in a couplet

On my 4-track today

But my tongue tied, my tongue tied

I couldn’t figure how to fit you

On the spin and the tape

See, my tongue tied, my tongue tied

The words are small and insignificant

Confused and cliche

I saw my promise and potential

Through my guilt and my shame

I couldn’t catch that in a couplet

On my best goddamn day

My tied tongue tumbles on

Shake and shiver

And laugh like cursing kids

And all our fitful failures

Fit everytime we kiss

So cross your fingers, place your bets

And hold that glow in your face

Let my big mouth ramble on

Shake and shiver

And laugh like cursing kids

And all our fitful failures

Fit everytime we kiss

So cross your fingers, place your bets

And hold that girl in your face

Let my big mouth ramble on