DIVORCE

you said that you loved me
now i must go
Three children later
did you ever see such a show

the golf and the parties
the houses and cars
the pain of our inlaws
being called mom and pa
 
the community loved us
thought we were swell
binding their wounds
tolerating their smell
 
you said that you loved me
now i must go
three children later
did you ever see such a show
 
now there's lawyers between us
with suspicion and fear
pretending their justice
with violence so near
it could singe off your clothes
it could wither your soul
it could make you forget
we ain't lovers no more
 
oh my brother my sister
what has happened to us
tomorrow we're dead
tomorrow we're dust
does the universe thrive
on this violence we sow
can this lead to the love
that we all yearn to know
 
you said that you loved me
now i must go
three children later
did you ever see such a show
 
our beautiful children
those delicate beings
now we start filling
their heads with such things
they thought we were perfect
they took us as gods
and now they can see us
with less love than pea-pods
 
if we just turned our backs
and moved swiftly away
into the darkness
Then a new day
without pretence of victory
without pretence of loss
in a new time and space
we will shoulder our cross
 
like dignified people
we could try just once more
to discover where love is
without violence no more
 
you said that you loved me
now i must go
three children later
did you ever see such a show