We pushed on
Beyond the green smoke
Into the night
We sat together the two us
Having drink after drink
We packed the cigarettes in packs
One on top of the other
Two or three lighters
Two glasses in many forms
Double old fashion
Old fashion
Shots
Pints
We cursed the gods
We spoke words no one else would ever hear us speak
We were side by side like when we were kids
We were side by side
Laughing at the misery
Crying over the good times
Until your wife’s foot pounded on the floor
We went outside
Stirred up the night
Until the neighbors told us to “shut the fuck up”
But we shouted back rocks to the side of the house
We shut that bitch up and her tiny little husband.
We pushed on beyond the green smoke
As night tried to blanket the land
As the sun
Rose
We were side by side like when we were nothing but trouble
We were
Side by side.