Friend Genuine

I’ve never dreamed so brightly

No, I’ve never burned so red

Every girl before her

Just gray inside my head

She doesn’t like to dance

But she doesn’t know this truth

That she moves just like the pink

In the sunrise on the moon

I know just how I’d touch her

The first time that we kiss

My hand upon her face

My clutch upon her hips

I’d pull her close as a prayer

From the last breath of Christ

Lean in slow as mist

Soft as dandelions

But I will leave hope, leave this dream

Lay it down, turn from its heat

I’ll be no lover, not your heart’s queen

Your unrequited, friend genuine

I never saw her coming

This star the sky can’t give

She came around the corner

And I’ve yet to catch my breath

But she’ll never hear these words

No, she’ll never see this ink

The silence of my heart

Is the best love I can bring

All I want is to be good

To bring that smile to her face

Make her laugh when laughter

Is the one sound she can’t place

And I know just how to do it

Yes, I know just where to stand

It is not beside you

But darling, I have got your back

So I will leave hope, leave this dream

Lay it down, turn from its heat

I’ll be no lover, not your heart’s queen

Your unrequited, friend genuine

5th and Michigan

I know I said too much

With my heart upon my sleeve

Now she’s seen me cry

Now she’s seen me bleed

I never thought I’d come so far

That I’d fall down to my knees

But I never thought I’d meet a girl

Who’d shatter this wall in me

I saw the tears in her eyes

When I said we couldn’t go on

You see, I have loved her longer

Than she can ever know

But she can’t take my love

Even though she stole my heart

She can’t hold my hand

So it’s best that we part

Oh mercy, mercy me

Never thought that I’d leave

Like a firefly drifts away

From the jar you hoped it’d stay

That girl was all my dreams

But the night goes on endlessly

So I guess it’s time I leave my friend on the streets of

5th and Michigan

I wanted to wipe her tears

But I know that we can’t touch

I wanted to pull her close

Like a flower grabs the sun

It laid me down to ashes

To see her head hung low

When I just want to be the burn

Be the fire in her glow

I put it all out in the air

With a quiver on my lip

That it hurts too much to know

Another feels her kiss

I didn’t want to break her heart

But in my rearview mirror

I saw the girl I hoped to find

Turn her key and disappear

Oh mercy, mercy me

Never thought that I’d leave

Like a firefly drifts away

From the jar you hoped it’d stay

That girl was all my dreams

But the night goes on endlessly

And I can’t be just a friend so I must leave

5th and Michigan