Backwards and Forwards

Craze my hair and shine my shoes

And kiss the kiss that I could lose

And I looked at what I have

And I have one wish

And I looked back in your eyes

And there were two words

Backwards and forwards

Here lies the essence of my peers

Handshakes, hellos and golden years

See it smiling through its teeth

It's the whore who has to die

Unhappy, underneath

And it's long learned not to show it

Get backwards and forwards

How come when I'm gone I get the blues

Or something special that I might confuse

With getting gifts I'm not at liberty to use

It's cold to the touch and older than I know

And when the worlds with me too much

I say she comes and then it goes

Could completeness still appeal

To one who thinks what he should feel

And it stares me in the face

And holds me speechless

And I look back in your eyes

And see your eyes gaze

See your eyes gaze into mine

Forever