Dog-eared Page

I'm just a dog-eared page you turn back to.

Where's the place for me

When we're both in love with you?

I can't escape these friends

I've made since you left town.

They throw redundant parties

where I'm too often found.

And while I sit and watch girls and boys

trade views of new tattoos

I wonder if it's too late to call your mom

and catch up on some news.

She says you'll be home soon for me -

And it'll be just like you were never gone.

I'll try to be just some guy you're getting on.

But basically, we're both in love with you.

I'm just a dog-eared page you turn back to.

Where's the place for me,

when we're both in love with you?

I've got these "friends" in quotes

and girls* with asterisks.

I watch the time whither

and fall from my wrist.

Out on the porch Van Morrison

is bleeding through the walls.

I don't think your roommate

has been writing down my calls.

She says you'll be home soon for me -

You said the distance

would make a difference,

But it didn't.