[00:59.89]The last time i saw richard was detroit in '68,
[01:03.61]And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday
[01:08.55]Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe
[01:16.92]You laugh, he said you think you're immune, go look at your eyes
[01:22.06]They're full of moon
[01:23.88]You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you
[01:28.23]All those pretty lies, pretty lies
[01:35.22]When you gonna realise they're only pretty lies
[01:40.64]Only pretty lies, just pretty lies
[01:49.70]
[01:57.35]He put a quarter in the wurlitzer, and he pushed
[02:01.20]Three buttons and the thing began to whirr
[02:04.35]And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie
[02:08.70]And she said "drink up now it's gettin' on time to close."
[02:13.71]"richard, you haven't really changed," i said
[02:16.66]It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head
[02:20.86]You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs
[02:24.14]You punched are dreaming
[02:26.77]Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet
[02:32.07]When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?
[02:37.08]Oh and love can be so sweet, love so sweet
[02:49.36]
[02:54.25]Richard got married to a figure skater
[02:57.00]And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator
[03:01.28]And he drinks at home now most nights with the tv on
[03:04.91]And all the house lights left up bright
[03:10.68]I'm gonna blow this damn candle out
[03:13.52]I don't want nobody comin' over to my table
[03:16.44]I got nothing to talk to anybody about
[03:18.87]All good dreamers pass this way some day
[03:22.97]Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes
[03:25.88]Dark cafes
[03:28.62]Only a dark cocoon before i get my gorgeous wings
[03:34.51]And fly away
[03:36.10]Only a phase, these dark cafe days