1. You came to me this morningAnd you handled me like meat.You’d have to live alone to knowHow good that feels, how sweet.My mirror twin, my next of kin,I’d know you in my sleep.And who but you would take me inA thousand kisses deep?
2. I loved you when you openedLike a lily to the heat.I’m just another snowmanStanding in the rain and sleet,Who loved you with his frozen loveHis second-hand physique –With all he is, and all he wasA thousand kisses deep.
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3. All soaked in sex, and pressed againstThe limits of the sea:I saw there were no oceans leftFor scavengers like me.We made it to the forward deckI blessed our remnant fleet –And then consented to be wreckedA thousand kisses deep.
4. I know you had to lie to me,I know you had to cheat.But the Means no longer guaranteeThe Virtue in Deceit.That truth is bent, that beauty spent,That style is obsolete –Ever since the Holy Spirit wentA thousand kisses deep.
5. (So what about this Inner LightThat’s boundless and unique?I’m slouching through another nightA thousand kisses deep.)
6. I’m turning tricks; I’m getting fixed,I’m back on Boogie Street.I tried to quit the business –Hey, I’m lazy and I’m weak.But sometimes when the night is slow,The wretched and the meek,We gather up our hearts and goA thousand kisses deep.
7. (And fragrant is the thought of you,The file on you complete –Except what we forgot to doA thousand kisses deep.)
8. The ponies run, the girls are young,The odds are there to beat.You win a while, and then it’s done –Your little winning streak.And summoned now to dealWith your invincible defeat,You live your life as if it’s realA thousand kisses deep.
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9. (I jammed with Diz and Dante –I did not have their sweep –But once or twice, they let me playA thousand kisses deep.)
10. And I´m still working with the wine,Still dancing cheek to cheek.The band is playing “Auld Lang Syne” –The heart will not retreat.And maybe I had miles to drive,And promises to keep –You ditch it all to stay aliveA thousand kisses deep.
11. And now you are the Angel DeathAnd now the Paraclete;And now you are the Savior’s BreathAnd now the Belsen heap.No turning from the threat of love,No transcendental leap –As witnessed here in time and bloodA thousand kisses deep.
September 21, 1998
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