OUR SMILES OF JADE 

One night underneath the streetlights 

She will sweep you off your feet, slight 
Of her hand 
And you'll wed with singing doves, too 
But the doves know she won't love you 
Like I do 

Perhaps if I were lovelier 

Or if you weren't so cruel 
We'd spend our lives in worship of 
Our love's one Golden Rule 
That you must give to others 
What they would give to you 

And our hearts of ice would thaw 

Our smiles of jade would fade 

One summer's sweet serenity 

You'll forget your sour lucidity 
Black and white 
And missteps come so easily 
But she looks up so pleasingly 
Her hands cold 

Perhaps if I was honest, love 

Or you not quite so pained 
We'd take our steps and reinvent 
Our lives that had been stained 
From taking from each other 
What we thought we couldn't obtain 

And our hearts of ice would thaw 

Our smiles of jade would fade