Phil Too? - The Verlaines

How could I tell you had more than usual to say?

The day you left I sang, «Et tu Brute?»

And your old friend was telling me today

That you were singing exactly the same

And you were sick of yourself, and everyone else

You looked as thin as white as snow, your eyes as clear as ice

You looked at me, I looked at you.

You did what you had to

«Say ah, say ah,» the doctor said, «Say ah.»

You have to kick the town

The pubs that bleed you at night — oh your town’s fully furnished

A fly trap with traffic lights

And you were stuck to bars and bass guitars

And rooms and girls, (dishwater blondes)

And faces — they don’t wanna know you

They just want a shoulder to get pissed on

And it happened again —

The heart inquires why I didn’t know then what I know now

How could I tell you just needed a push to stay?

The day you left I sang «Et tu Brute?»