Simon Joyner - Folk Song for Sara Lyrics

Folk Song for Sara


He called his best friend long distance
And told him the news of his girlfriend's
Attempted suicide by overdose
He hadn't taken her to the emergency room
But her roommates did
And her stomach was pumped bone dry
Through a tube


It only cost her a thousand dollars in bills
And an obligatory psychological review
Then she stopped crying in her sleep
And she stopped walking in her sleep
And she stopped sleeping in her sleep, too


She said I'm gonna write your name on the walls
I'm gonna carve your name in the stalls
Stay away from this man
He'll make you swallow aspirin


So she fell in love with a loser
Who robbed, used and bruised her
And those were just the salad days
After that, a habitual cleanup
With Pepto Bismal and Prozac
She even got a job as a washing machine


And he still calls his friend long distance
And speaks of his various girlfriends
But there's never anything much different to tell
Eventually they stop crying in their sleep
They stop walking in their sleep
And they stop sleeping in their sleep, as well


And they write his name on the walls
And they carve his name in the stalls
Stay away from this man




And then they pick him up in bars
And in public parks
Yeah they pick him up in bars
In grocery stores, in coffee shops
And then he tears through their legs
To reach their heart
Through their legs to get their heart
Through their legs to steal their heart again


And it's a headache
So they take a little aspirin