Giant Sand - Loretta & The Insect World lyrics

I just said goodbye to my lover, Loretta For the very last time No more would she lie Now would I upset her And we'd wish the same to no one There was liquor if needed Five miles down a dangerous road There was plenty of nothing right here If I needed to explode I stood and watched my child sleep And it felt warm to stand Beside her dreams I'd been distracted and taken up With a love, or so Retta had seemed And the howling wind Became my friend again Instead of something we'd hide against It felt good to feel our love in the past tense It was then when love turned from Wonder and lust to just sin And the whole insect world wanted in There were slave ants, stink bugs And scorpions with those tails, all kinds of spiders And the sheen of dragonfly sails