Patrick O'Reilly Poems

I’m sorry you ever got tangled up with me
Some hungry boy with a head full of foolishness
And those godamned teachers and things
Well they give you great expectations and all them books
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The traffic ran one way
Down the old main drag
As I stood on the bridge of the Tiber River
The traffic ran one way
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The sea is filled with shipwrecks
Tonight I steal your paychecks
And the sea is full of ice
And there's a shiver in your voice
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It’s a long way up the gravel lane
And my legs are stiff, all asleep
But the light’s on in the kitchen
So she must be still awake
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Well I guess I gotta pawn off my guitar
I guess I gotta go and trade in my old car
I gotta find a place to stay and raise a little sand
She's got one in the oven,
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Fifth street. Sixth street.
I cannot abide by a town that will not name its streets.
There are no landmarks,
No old stories to explain,
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I'll be in crossing the Maine state line in just about a mile
Can't quite hear you through the static
Lemme fiddle with the dial
I ask you how you're doing
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I push my face up hard to the window
I guess I made you cry
Again.
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When I stood outside
The downtown Tower
I thought of how it went
Brick by brick,
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