Forever Bender - Banquets

Out cold from long nights and long drives

I’m burnt out on sex appeal

Dare me to move on, or to lash out

Give me ugly, or just something real

I used to toss and turn a fever

Now I toss and turn my bed

Searched out the old flings, that failed me

I’ll take what I am instead

It all comes down to

I’m still me, even without you

You’ll run away, endlessly

Eat your words, ignore all the shame

We could be, 'never were', 'never speak'

It’s a forever bender with me

I tried, and quit for a challenge

I left Mom and Dad with a balance

Here’s to losing weight and losing meals

I coughed up while my voice gives out

I’ve got pills, but I wake with doubts

That I can’t sing what nobody needs to hear

Oh, I’m petty-full

I pissed in your garden, now nothing’s going to grow

Aren’t we all poets?

Yeah, I know

I collect what I can remember, in a box because I’m getting old

Forever Bender

Nothing’s going to grow