Dusted

All last summer in case you don't recall
I was yours and you were mine forget it all
Is there a line that i could write
Sad enough to make you cry
All the lines you wrote to me were lies
The months roll past the love that you struck dead
Did you love me only in my head?
Things you said and did to me
Seemed to come so easily
The love i thought i'd won you give for free
Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
Rumors follow everywhere you go
Like when you left and i was last to know
You're famous now and there's no doubt
In all the places you hang out
They know your name and know what you're about
Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
Street lights blink on through the car window
I get the time too often on am radio
You know it's all i think about
I write your name drive past your house
Your boyfriend's over i watch your light go out
Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you

Well, she's leaving today i do know so far away
I'm feeling so blue and it shows in every single way
Once that girl she was mine for such a short time
We used to spend every night now all i do is cry
They say you can't miss something you've never had
So tell me why
Why i could feel so bad...
We used to walk down the path just like lovers do
She'd hold my hand and we'd laugh
I'd stare in her eyes they were blue
Once that girl she was mine for such a short time
We used to spend every night now all i do is cry
They say you can't miss something that you've never had
So tell me why
Why i could feel so bad...

I've been trying for so long
Trying to forget
The ports of northern africa and the man i met
He said he had a daughter
Maybe i could meet her
He thought i was a trader
Oh, that was how i met
That slave dealer's daughter
Her eyes were black her hair was raven
Her skin was soft and brown
Eighteen years she looked a woman
I thought she'd been around
She'd never met a jailbird???
I knew that she was lonely
She offered me her body
So i fell in love
With that slave dealer's daughter
Her father's men came after me
Trying to hunt me down
For three long years i've hid my face
And run from town to town
She never met a jailbird
I knew that she was lonely
She offered me her body
So i fell in love
With that slave dealer's daugther...

She came to l.a. all the way from boston town
She wound up on the screen where i saw her goin' down
Now i can't see you, i can't see you at all
No i don't know you, i don't know you at all
I bought her films, yeah i bought all her magazines
And i watched her every move until i saw her in my dreams
Now i can't stand it, see you caught from behind
No i don't know you, girl you gotta be mine
Keli richards come on...
Well i bought a gun, there's just one thing left to do
Now i can't make up my mind it comes down to me or you
Now i can't see you, i can't see you at all
No i don't know you, i don't know you at all
Keli richards come on...

(doug hopkins)

Tell me do you think it'd be all right
If i could just crash here tonight
You can see i'm in no shape for driving
And anyway i've got no place to go
And you know it might not be that bad
You were the best i'd ever had
If i hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might not be alone
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
And you can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
If you don't expect too much from me
You might not be let down
Cause all i really want is to be with you
Feeling like i matter too
If i hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
She took my heart
There's only one thing i couldn't start

(vocals--jesse valenzuela)

She could be anywhere at all
I know i'm heading for a fall
Well i want to see her every night
I make a wish and hold her tight
I want to wake up next to her
But i know there's something wrong
We used to have all kinds of things
Now i know the pain heartache can bring
Well i want to see her every night
I make a wish and hold her tight
I want to wake up next to her
But i know there's something wrong
'cause i can be waiting around all the time
I'll wait for that girl
She could be anywhere at all
I know i'm heading for a fall
Well i want to see her every night
I make a wish and hold her tight
I want to wake up next to her
But i know there's something wrong...