old but first time typed up

when you winked your eyes to sleep
you were arrested for picking a blossom
yeah but in this dream you were booked
and you secretly passed me the blossom

like you it was a pretty little thing
but never would it open again
til its death comes, til its death come
it never’ll open again

it was that night after the death of Christ
when our old lovers all came to the door
that night after the death of Christ
when our old lovers all came to the door

you hid your open body fast
I grabbed a smoke and you laughed
put on a shirt your mother had worn
a shirt your mother had, had

each naked man he looked down on you
baby, who do they think you are
each naked man he looked down on you
baby, don’t put up that blushing guard

I wanted to toss you down the well
and make my wish on you
wanted to toss you away
and make my wish on you

down in the water, see you shine
down there with a few old nickels and dimes
down there with the nickels and dimes
I see you shining through

and a thief will rob you blind
and bring you a bouquet of flowers too
a thief will rob you blind
and bring you flowers too

if the thief, he acts like me
please look away and bloom
if the thief turns out to be me
please look away and bloom

I’ll get out on the street
where all our old lovers will be facing me
out on our street
where all our old lovers are facing me

and I will walk through them all
each one blossoming for my eyes to see
yeah I will walk through them all
each one blossom for my eyes to see