Steady As She Goes

Your sister was always trouble
Your sister she just was not shy
And all the stories she told me of her foreign holidays
Designed to raise the stakes and put color in my cheeks

And show you she could have anything she wanted
And lord was I sorely tempted, she's laughing
As I cannot look her in the eye and now she's taking
Hold my hand steady as she goes

And you want me as man with a rose held in my mouth
And everything is a sin everything is dangerous it seems
But now I'm cursing on the thorns and coughing out the blood
One day until the weekend and I am thirsty beyond my dreams

We took a little drink for summer it is a drinking season
And we took a long long walk for what else here could we do
That involved the two of us for an hour slowly disappearing
That involved the two of us a long long way from little old you
Don't let your mind get you far away for nothing much occurred
Steady as she blows

And you quick in my ear like a kid store whistles
And tonight's a night for I will not be awoken
But she's all claws and feathers and spite and spittle
And we are slipping and sliding with greed and anticipation

And the couple behind the pier you'll remember
Fine as being us my dear, we made the front-page news
For a moment took a local ear, I kept my head
I swam ashore the blame was solely mine for you

Even though I saved her skin I rode back out
And I brought her in and you cursed me under
And over your breath but her eyes were
As good as mine steady as you go

And we watched her so long she turned her tail away
How dare we have wants how dare we want change
For the love of the quiet we keep our heads down
This is a conversation for another time