Last Day of the Last Furlough

Lyrics

[Verse 1] In the late afternoon the sky and a calm sea join And fade into the dirty silver of an old coin It's so still it could be morning Before the heat held in the sand We have the beach to ourselves now The brown eyed girl, the empty man And she wants to make love, I wanna drink Drinking is what I do best [Verse 2] She rolls onto her side and reaches across the blanket for my cigarettes She asks me if I called my wife, I tell her "No, not yet" and she says "Well, you can't stall forever You've gotta make that call sometime" But I just don't wanna hear A stranger's voice on that end of the line And she wants to make love, I wanna drink Drinking is what I do best [Verse 3] And back at the motel, she takes a shower I watch the last rounds of a fight I pick up the phone and call a restaurant Dinner for two, someplace new tonight I try to picture my wife with her new love But I just can't get it right And I just want to do something I do well tonight