Album: The Closer I Get

The Hazards Of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees

With your summer hat and smile,
you came here to leave there
and as the sun stains your legs and your arms
the men arrive with their one track minds
and you like that they're there when they ask you the time
and they say what they do and they'll do what you say
and they'll tell you some lies if you let them stay
And you laugh, but not too hard
and you look but not too far
your eyes drift across the beach
and just before you reach me he speaks
his face is red and he is talking degrees
and you get up to leave as the sun hits the trees
and you jump in the water with him at your feet
and I laugh, but not too hard
and I look but not too far