Ashtray Monument

Jawbreaker

Free, alone. The predawn white light's coming on.


Bottle on the night stand.


I count disasters on my free hand now.


Run for cover there's a big on e coming.


You'll be lucky if you're at ground zero.


You'll be lucky if it's got your number.


No one said that this life was easy.


Did that no one ever live a life this hard?


It gets hard. The bills are scattered in the yard.


Ashtray monument. A life spent waiting in cement.


After all, it's not that bad.


I still have pictures.


I look back at all the things that we once did.


You said, "I love you."


I guess you did.


Remember our life.


I did the dishes while you read out loud.


Best friends, strangers now.


Were our kids all we could call common ground.