After She Came, She Went

Cold smoke in a motel light...

She walked in like midnight rain

Silver eyes and hurricane

Black boots tapping out my fate

One touch and the room just changed

She spoke low like a vinyl hiss

Lipstick prophecy on my lips

Every scar I tried to hide

She traced ‘em slow like road-map lines

She moved like a ghost through my veins

Left perfume and permanent stains

After she c-c-came... she went

Like a song heaven never meant

One night burning in blue neon sin

She tore right through my skin

After she c-c-came... she w-w-went

Left me with the silence here

Still hear her breathing in the dark

Like broken echoes in my heart

Morning light on empty sheets

Half a glass and tangled dreams

Window open, curtains swayed

Like she evaporated away

No goodbye, no note, no name

Only wildfire in my brain

Now every stranger passing by

Carries shadows of her eyes

Was she real?

Was she mine?

Or just a fever for the night?

Every lover after that

Feels like chasing smoke and ash

I reach out...

She fades to black...

After she c-c-came... she went

Left my soul bent out of shape again

Like moonlight drowned in pouring rain

I’ll never love that way again

After she c-c-came... she w-w-went

Still alive inside my dreams

And every night the memory stays...

After she came... she went away...