Dates and Dead People

It's like someone you knew, your life long ago
Those broken branches say, "Please"
Give 'em a wheel, go on through the nighttime
You get empty, you'd never say no

"It's cold," says the boat, the waves say, "I know"
Falling all over themselves
They sing about sand, both kinds of lonely
And making it up as they go

What a life, long ago
Dates and dead people, dates and dead people
For the love of it all
Dates and dead people, dates and dead people

Your story is true whenever you need one
"Click," says the lock on a door
It forgives, it forgets, this woman is warm
"Yes," says the window

Toasting your dates and dead people
That's your hand in the air
Lighter than light, it's an empty cloud
That gave all it could bear

Surely you cried at the right times
A tear knows what to do
Now your memory of love was dancing
The box step with the broom

Fire subsides like laughing
Ain't that how it goes?
There's nothing but devils in a vanity mirror
Pick the one that you know
You know
You know
You know

What a life, long ago
The lesser of evils, threading a needle
For the love of it all
Dates and dead people, dates and dead people