Maplewood Bridge is Burning Down

An old friend stopped by today, down on his luck with only hardship to say,

he seemed out of sorts, he seemed clammy

he seemed like a broken man and he said he would beg.

He asked me for drugs, last time he asked me for cash

There aren't any drugs in this house I summarized and he nervously laughed.

he asked for a lighter to spark up his smoke.

the one in the side porch, he tried, but it was broke.

out of fluid, and out of time, out of his mind his nic fit caught up in about 25 minutes of time

He had to leave. To get on with his life.

And by that I think he meant get back to the strife

I offered some food, for his cats, for himself

He pulled away a broken man ,and his undercover escorts pulled away, 5 minutes later as well.

Maplewood bridge is burning down, burning down, burning down

Maplewood bridge is burning down, my fair lady.

my fair lady.

my

unfair

lady

You see recently her tried to give his heart to a girl, who was really a new woman

from a whole different world, and somehow he thinks that is the cause of his pain

and somehow he believes things, the things, that his enemies say

and he talks about the old times, and compares her to the past

that somehow slipped, like a ghost, through the wisconsin glass

destitute and hungry, lonely and despaired, when they become your allies -

your friends become thin air

but only because it's safer for you, only because they care, only because they see the flames

and you're already there

Maplewood bridge is burning down, burning down

Maplewood bridge is burning down

my

fair

....