Bourbon Street

"I'm going down Bourbon St. again," she says
Her beautiful eyes radiate the moon tonight
I stop awhile just to drink the cold night air
And the dark is the fire that only she could wear

I say "Now girl, don't you get ahead of me...
Your broken shattered world is a place you shouldn't be."
She tells me I'm wrong without a word
And she's staying a few steps out of reach

(Interlude)

I watch her eyes dancing up in the sky
And she's got that look that makes you want to take your life
I ask her to wait but she just turns and runs
She disappears and I wish that I was gone

"I'm going down Bourbon St. again," she said
I'll find her sleeping under the moon tonight
And I'll watch her break apart like every day before
She says "You're everything I need." But she needs more

(Interlude)

"I'm going down Bourbon St. again," she cries
And she can't fight back - the scars are all inside
I can't say anything worthwhile; I hold her close
She always so gone and coming back so slow

"I'm going down Bourbon St. again," she says
"I'm going down Bourbon St. again," she says
"I'm going down Bourbon St. again," she says,
"And I love to watch you fall apart like this."

Written March, 2000