One Nighters and Songs - Courtney Marie Andrews

Dancing around in your button-up coat

In a cabin of hammered hardwood notes

Beneath the trees, atop a blanket of leaves

It was built by a man in the 1960's

Under the skeleton roof you wed a girl you just met

She shared some sangria and stayed up past sunset

And I watched you laughing with smeared black eyes

With a collection of stories from the previous night

A jug in one hand, half empty with wine

Together for some nights in November

All we are is one-nighters and songs

I robbed an Indian soul from a vacant porch

Placed it in the trunk, then got hungry for more

Stared down the street treasure finds

I didn’t trust my luck so I left them behind

Dancing around with your brown bear ears

Up a spiral staircase, you’re in love with your fears

And you watched me drown in the bottle quick

With ink in one hand trying not to be sick

A smoke in the other, we’re one messed up clique

Together for some nights in November

All we are is one-nighters and songs

In a closet built for jacket weather

I learned that with you is exactly where I belong