I Thought You Were God

Storeman, your eyes all watery white

"Another long, long night?" and you say

"Be careful riding that boy's bike in the dark"

And I say, "Don't worry, I'm not going far"

I was very, very young and terribly in love

And not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough

To undo all the silly things I thought

Mhm, I thought you were God

The night sky is peeling back her sheets

The linen is lavender and underneath it I ride your bike

Bike bar's cutting into my crotch

I stand up and power-pedal on

I was very, very young and terribly in love

Not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough

To counter all the stupid things I thought

Mhm, 'cause I thought you were God

And I, I believed in you

We still talk, we still talk quite a lot

Since the alarming discovery that you were never God

And we still laugh, but the laughter's more sincere

'Cause it's speckled with your tears

You were so young and terribly in love

Not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough

To undo all the secret things I thought

Baby, I thought you were God