The Jacket

She wore a black jacket and the winter sun beat down
 Or I guess it was early Spring and we were in a park in Chinatown
 If I were jacket
 Her chest and limbs all rapped around
 I would soak up all that light into my lining
 I leaned in to feel the warmth pouring off her skin
 Yes i tried to breathe her essence like it was precious oxygen
 And she took off her jacket the second we walked in
 And I soaked up all the light from the fluorescence
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 I was coming up empty
 Coming up
 I was on my phone for half an hour and bleached in the white light glare
 Sittin' at the sports bar 'cause the game is playing there
 And the hometown team was down by 10
 But I really didn't care
 I just soaked up all the light from the flat screen
 Oh where can my little darling be?
 Most of the money i ever spent, I spent it in her company
 Now I'm lookin' for some earnestness and my mind won't let me be
 Until I soak up all that light into my lining
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 I was coming up empty
 Coming up
 All day I did not know if we'd break up or I'd propose
 We walked out into the April glow
 Come to me now oh muse tell me something I can't confuse
 Sing me something I'll never lose in knowing
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 I was coming up empty
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 In the grocery aisle in the air conditioning
 What was I supposed to say to her?
 I was coming up empty
 Coming up