Nobody Cares What You Think

Nobody cares what you think
Nobody listens to what you say
The way you look
Or the way you walk
Nobody cares at all

They’re all too interested in themselves
And what they did
And what they said
And what they thought
The other night.

I saw you in an ice-cream parlor
The sky was afire
Buildings collapsed
And yet you
Sipped your milkshake cold and long

I pressed my nose against the glass
So it made a mark
Greasy streak across polished glass
You looked lonely
So lonely and afraid

I wanted to hold you
I wanted to smoke cigarettes with you
Secretly, inside a wardrobe
Where neighbors never go
And dogs bark in silence

But instead I wrote this