James Songbook - 17. Try to Keep One

Sometimes, I like to forget who I am,

Go party somewhere no one gives a damn.

Talk to pretties, all shiny and serene,

Make love dirty, cuz it is much more fun than clean.

No one wants to be their same old self,

Wearing the same old mask, soul on the shelf,

In or out, it just doesn’t matter,

Find some nice piece, and fuck it into tatters.

Fly away and wonder about the pretty you left behind,

That pretty will visit you in your dreams and grind.

Consider carefully keeping one, father time marches on,

There is an end and no worse crime to meet it, all alone.

If you meet one, whether his name is Chip, or Chase or Tommy,

Preppy, Goth, Jock, or even frat boy commie,

Try to think beyond the fuck,

Don’t become the old guy at the bar, or you’ll never have any luck.