You wear your coat bu*toned high
I wear my scarf from my eye (?)
You know that sometimes I say things I don't mean
And between the bars
And the sheets
And the streets
You with your $12 haircut
Me with a smoldering flame
Sometimes I wonder how we ever manage
So long
To belong
To one and the same
Down, down December
Down on your knees with your head on the floor
Drown, down December
The weight of your neck as you turn towards the door
You with your slash and burn charm
Me with a gardenia pinned on
You know that sometimes when I go to bed nights
I almost expect
To wake up
In your arms
You with your heart in your mouth
I'll hail a cab flying south
Well, goodnight and sleep sweet my lover
The other
The end of the night
And the end of the ride (?)
Down, down December
Down on your knees with your head on the floor
Drown, down December
The weight of your neck as you turn towards the door
Drown, down December
The birds are all gone in a pattern of flight (?)
Drown, down December
Leading you back where
Back into
You with your $12 haircut
Me with a smoldering flame