Privacy

In the letter that I wrote you I gave you privacy
Took my arching ecstacy and nailed it
To a tree on the west side of town
I didn't know what grew there
I can see you standing around on those lacy bridges

And was it you that held me?
I want to remember as if it was
And if shadow covers my path
Will you be my memory?

People come and people know their bodies in the light
So I let you go honestly, quietly through the day
As the sun gives to night
I didn't know what was true
Are those wolf teeth in your smile,
Or will I be holding you? Or

Was it you that held me?
I want to remember as if it was
And if a shadow covers my path
Will you be a memory?