with most of the pieces missing

it was on Tu Do street

where i went to meet

someone who i didn't know

for a simple bite to eat

it was long after first light

but before Friday's Follies

and i'm listening to the Hollies

Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress

with too many questions unanswered

so i could only guess

when she would eventually stop to rest

to take my pulse or steal my heart

but i never got her name and we would shortly part

she staying east and i flying west

no more than a temporary visitor and destructive guest

failing every morality test

digging the tunnel where a white rabbit

sat shooting up with a destructive habit

some roads heading north or south

i felt the blood in my mouth

read newspapers which told of savage indifference

and it suddenly made no sense

standing on the wrong side of the fence

but there were shooting stars and the moon kept spinning

even when the losers claimed they were the ones' winning

and i thought i remembered her name

but it was only a memory from an old board game

with most of the pieces missing:

it's only shadows now that i'm kissing.