Janis Ian - Davy lyrics

This whole park bench belongs to
Me I'm not crazy
I reserved it late last spring
Don't sit on my dog
Thought we'd spend the summer here
(My wilderness vacation)
Scare off the tourists
Or charge them to feed us
Yep, I'm a real financier

And when the interest rates fall
I will invest in a mall
Somewhere to keep from the cold
Wind that rattles my bones
It sinks like a stone since Davy left home

I was always too high strung
Seeking my salvation
Now I just seek oblivion
(And my blood pressure's down)
Used to be so hard to keep
Up with all those Joneses
Now I just keep up with me
If you don't like it go home

When this world finally ends
I will be wealthy again
I have all my past in this
Blue shopping bag that I guard
Like the strings of my heart
That once rang so clear when Davy was here

In your pity, you're forgetting that
I was once somebody's better half

Visit me again sometime
Here among the flowers
When you've know a love like mine
It's hard to chit chat for long

Life has more rips in it's
Seams than any novelist dreams
Come when the fabric of night
Is tattered and torn we can talk until dawn
But you'll have to go when Davy gets home