Clementines

	Let us raise this glass of wine
	For your blood burns just like mine
	And we neither felt too much going home
	You know I never really had the mind
	For an ordinary life
	But I guess I’m going to give it a try
	So here goes…
	And I know we both had enough
	Drinking from this broken cup
	That we neither feel too much more like sherry
	But again, boys, to your feet
	One last time on Benefit Street
	Set aside these worried lives you’ve been bearing
	Though the years have been unkind
	Like a winter clementine
	We can only come of age in the cold
	Now, what small comfort we might take
	That we’ve both been born to brave
	Leaves us humbled, keeps us honest; we’re bold
	And we laugh, and we sing, and we dance of the dance of the wise men
	And alone in the dark, we don’t know what their secrets weave
	And I promise, I know that the poison will surely pass through you
	If you scrub, and you wash, then eventually you will come clean
	Then they gather in the gloom
	Shadows of a darkened room
	Playing games of luck and fortune, they never win
	Don’t use shiny tints of wallflowers, counting out your final hours
	Go on, take a swing, again
	And we laugh, and we sing, and we dance of the dance of the wise men
	And alone in the dark, we don’t know what their secrets weave
	And I promise, I know that the poison will surely pass through you
	If you scrub, and you wash, then eventually you will come clean

	Let us raise this glass of wine
	For your blood burns just like mine
	And we neither felt too much going home
	You know I never really had the mind
	For an ordinary life
	But I guess I' m going to give it a try
	So here goes
	And I know we both had enough
	Drinking from this broken cup
	That we neither feel too much more like sherry
	But again, boys, to your feet
	One last time on Benefit Street
	Set aside these worried lives you' ve been bearing
	Though the years have been unkind
	Like a winter clementine
	We can only come of age in the cold
	Now, what small comfort we might take
	That we' ve both been born to brave
	Leaves us humbled, keeps us honest we' re bold
	And we laugh, and we sing, and we dance of the dance of the wise men
	And alone in the dark, we don' t know what their secrets weave
	And I promise, I know that the poison will surely pass through you
	If you scrub, and you wash, then eventually you will come clean
	Then they gather in the gloom
	Shadows of a darkened room
	Playing games of luck and fortune, they never win
	Don' t use shiny tints of wallflowers, counting out your final hours
	Go on, take a swing, again
	And we laugh, and we sing, and we dance of the dance of the wise men
	And alone in the dark, we don' t know what their secrets weave
	And I promise, I know that the poison will surely pass through you
	If you scrub, and you wash, then eventually you will come clean