Breath Of The Barfly

Lyrics

You taught me how to cry When I couldn't talk We spent light-years together In the dark With sailors, barflies And drunken cops In smokey rooms, broken dreams And broken hearts But you never told me a reason The reason that life is so cold You held me that night when I was freezing That night you kept saying, you kept saying You kept saying, "babe" In this world of jagged edges And dusty ruins Forever seemed like never And never came too soon When you spoke softly With your husky breath You were the angel of mercy In this valley of death But you never told me a reason The reason that life is so cold You held me that night when I was freezing That night you kept saying, you kept saying You kept saying, "babe" Then with your tall, tough, dark, mystery eyes I listened so closely To your stolen truth And flattering lies