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He washed all the road dirt from his face and from his neck
After traveling, he cleaned the road dirt from his face and neck.
And sat down at her table and she picked up his check.
He sat at her table, and she paid for his meal.
And she took him home for reasons that she did not understand.
She took him home without fully understanding the reasons.
And him, he had the answers but did not play his hand.
He had answers but kept them to himself, not revealing his intentions.
For him he knew the taste of this wine very well.
He knew the taste of wine well, but the consequences the next day are challenging.
It all goes down so easily but the next day is hell.
Drinking is easy, but the aftermath is difficult.
Morning - "Man was I drunk," she wispered in the shower.
The next morning, she regretted being drunk while he calmly smoked.
While he lay there and smoked his way there through the final hour.
He smoked as time passed, contemplating the situation.
And she felt wholly empty like she'd felt it every time.
She felt empty after the encounter, a familiar feeling.
And he was feelin' just the same, 'cept he was tryin' to make it rhyme.
He felt similarly but expressed it poetically.
Time was of the essence so they both did their best,
Time pressure led them to get dressed and meet in the kitchen.
To meet up in the kitchen feelin fully dressed.
Both fully dressed, they interacted in the kitchen before parting ways.
She just had to go to work, and he just had to go.
She had to go to work, and he had to leave.
And she knew where and he knew how to blow it off and so.
She knew where he was going, and he knew how to handle it.
They shot the breeze quite cavalier to the boilin' of the pot.
They chatted casually while waiting for the pot to boil.
And sang the Instant Coffee Blues and never fired a shot.
They sang the "Instant Coffee Blues" without resorting to violence.
And him he hit the driveway with his feelin's in a case.
He left with his feelings contained, perhaps in a metaphorical case.
And her she hit the stoplight and touched up her face.
She paused at a stoplight, fixing her appearance.
So you tell them the difference between caring and not.
A reflection on the difference between caring and indifference.
And that it's all done with mirrors, lest they forgot.
The reminder that appearances can be deceiving.
I said it's all done with mirrors, of which they have none.
Emphasizing that it's all an illusion, done with mirrors.
To blend the instant coffee blues into the morning sun
Mixing the "Instant Coffee Blues" with the morning sun, suggesting blending reality with illusion.
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