Fireflies

Lifetime of rusty nails

Rehab and county jails

Packed up the old Camry

Chase an old fantasy

All of the signs that he

Passed by but couldn't see

Turned into firewood

Burning longer than it should

Shook off her tennis bracelet

Too upset to try to face it

Too angry to look into my eyes

She tore the bills up into shreds

Tears dripped from her birthday dress

Demolished but glad she was alive

We are just two fireflies

Squinting through the dark of night

Guided by each other's laughter

We are just two fireflies

Reaching for the hand that bites

Blinded by each other's light

Dry gin and Hennessy

Velvet and joie de vivre

Followed her to her room

Watching her flower bloom

Sat by the windowsill

Smoking to Lauryn Hill

Zion was on my mind

All of the hills we climbed

Tore the cross from her necklace

Can't be judged for acting reckless

Too weary to rest my heavy eyes

We are just two fireflies

Squinting through the dark of night

Guided by each other's laughter

We are just two fireflies

Reaching for the hand that bites

Blinded by each other's light

Blinded by each other's light