our time

Singer: hiatt, john

i traced your arms as you laid spread out on the sunday paper

looked like the crime scene of an angel ghost

i heard the gate clatter to on the elevator

i wrapped myself up in it like a cold beef roast

fell asleep

was cooked medium and placed on a dining room table in brooklyn

before an older couple surrounded by family and friends so wonderful and kind

i flashed back to you giving dollars to homeless men down in the bowery

not before they convinced you it was for sandwiches and not for wine

i just could never convince you baby

this was our time

this was our time

this was our time

now your feeding me fabulous chinese takeout on the dampened bed sheets

our last supper so you might say

i woke up in a cold sweat and realized we'd never cooked one meal together

you always said

why bother?" with the cuisines of the world laid at our feet here everyday

Lyric Context: our time - hiatt, john