Jenny Again

Throw the knife into the stream
      Run away across the fields
      Leave me lying where I fell
      Rivers running out of me
      Meet my Jenny in the lane
      Take a car and run away
      Get as far as you can get
      Before the new day

      Your heart beats quick and strong
      Your mind pores over it all
      Don't worry because no one saw me fall

      Sit inside a little chef
      Look around but not at her
      See my kisses on her lips
      See my fingers in her hair
      Think of this against your will
      See the knife edge slipping in
      See the questions in my eyes
      As I ask them

      I went so quick it makes you shudder that I'm gone
      Are we so brittle has your soul turned into stone
      And though you loved me I'm not Jenny in the night
      Some decisions don't thread back to being right

      Your head blurs quickly tonight
      Your edges diffuse in the light
      Don't tell me that your throat is getting tight

      Change your name and find a job
      Marry Jenny in the spring
      Buy a dog and call him Pete
      Push the children on the swings
      Think about me now and then
      Try to find a peaceful space
      Count the days as they go by
      Count the lines upon your face

      Your heart beats quick and strong
      Your mind pores over it all
      Don't worry because no one saw me fall