safer than sorry
running through the roses
lovers fall like martyrs
they wear their thorns like halos
and then curse at every scratch
regrets are cheap mementos
save them for the talk shows
it’s junk store sentimental
me I’ve got no time for that
safer than sorry
from penthouse to apartment
hope falls faster than rent
a taste for disappointment
is acquired easily
between the sins of fathers
and the drunken dreams of daughters
why anyone bothers
is a mystery to me
safer than sorry
sins and souvenirs
the flotsam and the jetsam of our years
lies and lipstick smears
cross your heart and
hope that no one hears
safer than sorry
when I go to meet my maker
I know that I’ll have my story
I know nothing could be safer
What could be safer than sorry
sins and souvenirs…..
© 2011 James R Irwin - City Of Trees Music ASCAP
running through the roses
lovers fall like martyrs
they wear their thorns like halos
and then curse at every scratch
regrets are cheap mementos
save them for the talk shows
it’s junk store sentimental
me I’ve got no time for that
safer than sorry
from penthouse to apartment
hope falls faster than rent
a taste for disappointment
is acquired easily
between the sins of fathers
and the drunken dreams of daughters
why anyone bothers
is a mystery to me
safer than sorry
sins and souvenirs
the flotsam and the jetsam of our years
lies and lipstick smears
cross your heart and
hope that no one hears
safer than sorry
when I go to meet my maker
I know that I’ll have my story
I know nothing could be safer
What could be safer than sorry
sins and souvenirs…..
© 2011 James R Irwin - City Of Trees Music ASCAP