Jen Cass: Music
The Fall
Well, he thought he’d tell her something
Boyfriends never say
Thought he’d steal away her heart
While his words rattled ‘round her head
Saw her as a smooth black stone
With eyes wet and deep
Told her, “I don’t want anyone flirting with me.”
Well, she maintained her composure
Knowing full well inside she was a kid
Said, “Well, at least we’re starting out honest, boy,
That’s something my parents never did.”
They walked home tense and excited
Both next to someone they couldn’t see
And the night rumbled and it quaked
And the traffic lights turned from red to green
She told him once, “Don’t trust me.”
But she wasn’t the tramp
That she wanted so badly to be
And he was too naïve to see
That she was just trying to break free
From some other boy that she once loved
Trying to bring her father to his knees
Well, they made love two weeks later
To the humming of a bedroom fan
And the candlelight jumped
And he traced to palm of her hand
Well, she jumped up from the bed
And ripped a calendar from the wall
It was one that her father drew with his own hands
But that was long before the fall
Well, he thought he’d tell her something
Boyfriends never say