Learning To Cry
Written September 2, 2002 by Ronald Joe Record		Copyright, Ronald Joe Record All Rights Reserved

Four hundred miles of asphalt and concrete          Four hundred miles of telephone wire Is all that holds you to me          Like the ashes of last night's fire
Imprisoned by what might have been          I take refuge in my dreams Wondering if i'd been a better man          We'd now be laughing at life's bitter schemes Who can dam this river of fate ?          Filling the Devil's Punchbowl with my tears Crossing the Valley of Death, my senses numb          Feeling for the first time my heart's deepest fears
I dropped you off in Big Jim's parking lot          Division bells were ringing As your lips parted in farewell          The weeping angels were still singing
Passing the exit for Zzyzx Road          I know i'm near the end Can this trip get any worse ?          I enter the City of Sin
Old fat men with big boobed bimbos          Hideous sounds and gaudy lights Lever pulling zombies parody the parody          Night is Day and Day is Night
No river cryed, no salty sea of tears          Could quench this Devil's thirst A city of unrequited love, unfulfilled lust          An eternity of longing, cursed
I return to the shores of our friendship          Crusty salt rusts the tips of my wings Resuming my pose by the river          I can still hear the angelic strings Why taunt me with visions of heaven          When i'm trapped in a soul that can't fly ? Let me sit and remember her laughter          For i've only been learning to cry