On A Night That Felt Outdated

Waterdeep

Well, this night just feels outdated


It's a tired reminder of the bad


whe you held on to what you hated


and you hated what you had


And your mind was out on the corner


sellin' herself as something cheap


Your pride he says he owns her


and she's dumb, she follows like a sheep


She don't know what he does to a lover


He'll whisper lies in a restless ear


He tells a wife she don't deserve to hover


over a man who doesn't seem to hear





Some things are easy to forget, even if they're bigger than the now


And she has tried to remember them but she can't remember how


So she lies on her bed staring up at the cracks in the ceiling


She's even pinched herself to wake up, but her body's got no feeling





Well he calls her out on the driveway


He's pullin' her by her hips


He says you ought to come by my way


and he kisses her on the lips


His mouth feels cold to her heart


unlike her man who's still asleep in their bed


But she numbs herself to that part


And she leans to what she calls her head


And though her face had turned away for a moment


and her eyes had flashed a bit with doubt


She felt the tug of a brilliant showman


And she was on her way out





It wasn't long before she was out sellin' on the corner like something cheap


on a night that could feel like hell in the reminders that it made you keep


Like the one where you were standin' on the driveway


there was a cold feeling on your lips


Some woman's saying to ya come my way


and she's pullin' you by your hips


But the prodigal did not stay way


There was a destiny he had to keep


And I may give my mind a dirty day


But tonight I got floors to sweep





Some things are easy to forget, even if they're bigger than the now


And you have tried to remember them but you can't remember how


So you lie on your bed staring at the cracks in the ceiling


You've even pinched yourself to wake up, but your body's got no feel