Late Night Love Talk

I used to be what we call single
I excelled at the late night love talk
If you don’t have to mean what you say
I could say a lot
If I didn’t have to account, I could count you all the ways
If I could already see where it was going
I could always say I’d stay
I used to have what we call all the options
A lot of who-knows and maybe-next-times
What could not tie me down, I could hold that line
If I didn’t have to really come through
I could be there whenever they need
I could drive all night, they could rest on my shoulder
When it’s over I could always leave
Its the always, the forevers
They comfort and then they’ll haunt you
With the late night love talk
Hoping someone will want you
I used to think I could live my life swept off my feet
Now there are promises I don’t make
There are private things I keep
Like just how I would go on, if you and I could not
I used to be what I called single
I know the late night love talk