Ron Hawkins - Corner Room lyrics

She sleeps in the corner room The blinds are drawn And the lines are too I'm sleeping on the sofa bed Eyes wide, tongue-tied, Thinking about the times when I was… Close to her Two souls alone in the world She's got a heart like a jumbo jet Custom built for turbulence And a mind like a bayonet Cool, keen and dangerous She's so close it hurts Last suppers are just desserts She's so far from me A staircase from here to eternity Salesmen, cheats and swine A man can be a sad excuse sometimes I guess I couldn't hear her I guess I didn't see her cryin' And I guess that's why they call the drunk blind I woke up like an atom bomb Bolt upright, a flash of light And everything I loved was gone And if I never get back home I'll call her up long distance on the telephone to feel… Close to her Hang ups, bad connections, indifferent dial tones She's so close to me In the belly laughs and the photographs and the sweet old memories I'm so close to through What's a poor, blue, downhearted boy like me to do When it's so close to three It's time to put the cap back on this old crutch and try to get some sleep