Juliana Nash - Sugar Cubes and Rock Salt lyrics

[MICHAEL] Sugar cubes and rock salt Poetry and insults She is in this room, but far away Philosophy and child's play Blue sky days, black sky nights Naked skin, covered fights Thinking things I'll never say It's just one of those days Let me count the ways I love her And then I'll count the ways I don't I would do anything for her Except for what I won't Not much that I won't Sugar cubes and rock salt We ante up, then we default The boredom that her eyes convey Atheists who kneel and pray Rising waves and ebbing tides Holding hands on coaster rides Black and white, mix to grey There will be other days Let me count the ways I love her And then I'll count the ways I don't I can say anything to her Except for what I don't Don't know why I don't I wonder why I don't Today, this kid, he came into my office Wondering how to ask a girl out Said she was the kind of pretty To scare the words away I said "Drop the briefcase, grab a cup of coffee Talk Romantic poets." Told him, "Read Elizabeth and John Miss Barrett Browning and Keats live on Their words are yours to build upon!" I never asked Sara on a first date Used to read Elizabeth and John Used to talk so much before time wore on Which one of us is the most withdrawn? I try to speak like Keats wrote: A thing of beauty, end quote The words get stuck in my throat Maybe some other day There will be other days Today is another day...