Tell Me That You Love Me

©2003 Andrew Calhoun, unrecorded

We both know the circumstances
Parting where the river branches
Leave me alone, don't write, don't phone
Tell me that you love me

Don't need your time, you don't want mine
Clean the stain with turpentine
Drink enough to curl your spine
Tell me that you love me

You stone sober, safe at last
Balancing your broken mask
Let it fall, that's all I ask
Tell me that you love me

Jesus comes on cloudy wings
Bearing gifts and wedding rings
Find him while the choir sings
Tell me that you love me

Moses scoops his paltry meal
Tells us not to lie and steal
That could never make it real
Tell me that you love me