He told me that I knew just what to laugh at   And I wanted to but I just couldn't ask if he would take it back so    I could know for certain   So on the bench I watched his left hand crossing   While doubling entendres with the voicings   He said "oh darling, you're charming, please don't find it alarming   If I pull this stop out to free up a hand for heavy petting"      Now there there   I'm a friendly man   I joke about sex because it's funny when you're frightened      So silently I sat and turned the pages   Recalculating our respective ages   Over my shoulder he muttered if I get any older   You can hack my wrists off with your choice of objects no I'm kidding      Don't be scared   I'm a friendly man   I joke about death because its funny when you're frightened      This is as far as I could get he jabbed a needle in my neck   Erasing all the evidence but there were matchsticks in my pants   And if a rock should hit my head and I remember what he did   You'll be there very first to know   Maybe I'll find out why this damn thing wont stop bleeding      He told me that I showed a great potential   That given I turned heads and pages fame would be a piece of cake but   Practice was essential   So like a stupid child I believed it   And golly who would ever had agreed if   I had been schubert or mozart   Devoted to the fine art of perfecting absolutely everything inconsequential      Don't be sad I'll come back again   I joke about trash cause it takes class to be enlightened      So several decades have gone by   I am still sitting by his side   I turn the pages faithfully   He turns his head and smiles at me   And with a wink he said "I doubt   We would be anywhere without   Your gift for keeping truth and consequence from meeting"