This Afternoon - Joe Henry

On the afternoon

That the revolution began

I was in a hotel pool with another kid

And an Australian business man

And nothing there would make you say

After all so much talk, today would be the day…

Nothing but an upset tray

Left by the pool

This afternoon

An orange cup was thrown

From an upstairs room

A cherry bomb of giddy lust, I guess

From a bride and groom

And nothing there would make you say

After all so much talk, today would be the day…

Nothing but an orange cup

From an upstairs room

This afternoon

I’ve spent every long summer

Just this way

Since my mother started making up their beds

And learning to look the other way

So what’s one more drunk businessman

Coming on to me in the shallow end?

Nothing there would make you say

After all so much talk, today would be the day…

Listen

What’s another slogan mean

Scrolled across my TV screen?

What’s another bride and groom

Locked up in a fancy room?

What’s one more drunk businessman

Coming on to me in the shallow end

This afternoon?