a wallpaper pulls his punch talks to judy in a crowded corner he don t read page to page or say the words in order judy s illustrating and she s a stranger to the straight face always seems so far away staring out into space i m sorry tried to stay away says punch later account though you dress like an opposite but really it s more than echo judy leans over like a strike of a clock says i don t buy that boy there s two inside of you and they re both gonna be destroyed in the alley mixing blood cheek to cheek you re up against the words you never could dare to speak it s your conflict shored up tight your heavy steps to follow her steps so light so judy holds punch cufflinks inside her clenched fists she had a dream of bandages on punch s wrists so she sees punch with a thorn in his hand and says stop right there what the fuck are you doing don t you know i care but she hears the bark of a cop and drops to the dirty street i wonder punch says do you know what at all what s protecting me judy used to hold me like a pencil writing out some change her cheap philosopher was spare change for brains in the alley mixing blood cheek to cheek you re up against the words you never could dare to speak it s your conflict shored up tight your heavy steps to follow her steps so light