cold and drizzly night in chicago's deep dish
  fluorescent light of the bathroom
  shows my hands as they are
  see an eyelash on my cheek
  pick it off and make a wish
  and walk back out into the bar
  wind at the windows
  neon lights the patterned pane
  the waitress wields the weight
  of her tray around her palm
  the doorman cups his hand
  and lights his cigarette again
  and the rain marches on
    this is only a possibility in a world of possibilities
  there are obviously there are many possibilities
  ranging from small to large
  before long there will be short
  before short there was nothing
  when there was nothing
  tehere was always the possibility
  of something becoming what it is
    don't even bother trying
  to say something clever
  clever is as clever does
  no matter what it says
  i'm looking for a sign
  says you're for real this time
  but i don't trust what's in your head
  i walk up to the bar
  and point to the top shelf
  and then i throw my head back
  and laugh at myself
  i raise a toast to all our saviors
  each so badly behaved
  it's too bad that tehir world
  is the one that they saved
    there's a spider spinning cobwebs
  from your elbow to the table
  while my eyes ride the crowd
  in a secret rodeo
  i smile with my mouth
  lift my watch up to the light
  say oh, look, i have to go
  now you got to dance with me, now is when
  it's gotta be
  cuz i can't wait for the dance floor to fill in
  if you want to dance with me, i'll show you
  how it's gonna be
  cuz i can't wait for the bad to begin