It's a Dark Night
hot air hangs like a dead man
from a white oak tree
people sitting on porches
thinking how things used to be
dark night
dark night
the neighborhood was changing
strangers moving in
a new boy fell for a local girl
when she made eyes at him
she was young and pretty
no stranger to other men
but doors were being locked at night
old lines were drawn again
I thought things like that
didn't matter anymore
I thought all the blood
had been shed long ago
from a white oak tree
people sitting on porches
thinking how things used to be
dark night
dark night
the neighborhood was changing
strangers moving in
a new boy fell for a local girl
when she made eyes at him
she was young and pretty
no stranger to other men
but doors were being locked at night
old lines were drawn again
I thought things like that
didn't matter anymore
I thought all the blood
had been shed long ago
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Date: 2012-05-03 01:00 am (UTC)There's a Richie at the door before she can mess with it too much more, peering out into the hallway; normally he wouldn't bother, but today he needs to see them before he'll let anybody in. A flicker of worry passes across his face, then recognition, and he stands aside to let her in, fingers twitching absently at his side in agitation.]
I didn't realize you were just gonna come over, you didn't have to. You should've said something.