Youre my most imperfect rhyme Youre my favorite waste of time Skin must learn its lines Youre my best unforced imperfect rhyme I am a stranger and a sojourner Dweller and wanderer In years of sorrow you will keep Like you were saved, like youre asleep Between the sails and the sheets In years of sorrow you will sleep Between the steel and the stone To years of sorrow we are born Abel home and Cain the tramp Fill the fuel and light the lamp Were made of sawdust stone Scattered elements of home The howl of blood in the heat Beneath the bass and the beat Between the blood and the bone If youre alive then youre alone CHORUS I like you best as a melody, not a harmony I like you best desperate, not sensibly I like you best incessantly, incredibly I like you best next to me, baby But if were the company we keep I must be stupid and cheap A songs a waste of your time If noone notices or minds CHORUS
imperfect, best, sorrow, sojourner, unforced