laughing beats talking
You’re funny
I like when you’re funny
But I like when I’m funny more
You laugh like you were made for it
You smile from the corner of your lips
Like a girl who grew up on honey comb in some rural southern town with tall grass waving
And when you start you don’t stop, you keep rolling
Like the grass
The big joke is that if you talk long enough
Life gives you what you want
And lets you talk to yourself
So you’re the only one talking
And you start talking instead of thinking
So you don’t really know anything but you’re saying everything
And no one stops you
Because you’re boring
Or they don’t have the heart
But when you laugh there’s a purpose
I’ll buy another drink to fulfill that purpose
I’ll smoke another cigarette to find that purpose
And I’ll stay up
Late, late, late
So everyone shakes their heads
And wonders why I don’t sleep
As I stand like a snowman by the outpost for my morning cigarette
Slightly leaning
There’s sunlight in that laugh
And a sweet girl under a tree somewhere and the grass is waving
I’ll gather the light through the leaves and stuff it in my pockets
To keep traces what you leave behind
