Verona Revisited 

I was thinking about a summer moon
I was remembering the bomb in Times Square 
I was recalling that when I was with you 
I didn’t really care 

I was ransoming your promise 
I was planning out our life 
I never stopped to ask myself 
If you wanted to be my wife 

Bought time 
With a rhyme 
Never even tasted 
Your lips upon mine 
Swore I was fine 
Drinking the world 
But a guy can get tangled 
When he falls in love with a girl 

Those days are long ago 
And the city doesn’t feel the same 
As when I was brand-new with you 
Like I never had a name 

The bench between the avenues 
The movie theater underground 
The way you made me go in search 
Of some divine, secret sound 

Chorus 

Would I sound ridiculous? 
To admit I pictured you with gray hair 
Was I mistaken when I concluded 
You never gave a damn 

Hey, we were young 
And things get messy 
Deep down I knew you were  
Too busy to miss me 

Chorus 

Well, what could be more romantic? 
Two city kids in love? 
In the first summer of a new decade 
Through the eyes of a wounded dove 

In the flashing lights 
Behind the homeless man in the park  
The Holy Spirit doesn’t help him  
And I nurse a broken heart 


verona revisited

Matt Waters is a singer-songwriter from New York City. His songs range from character studies of the contemporary American to intimate explorations of love. A writer of fiction, he attempts to meld the musical and literary realms through detailed lyricism. He has been particularly inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Billy Corgan, Mike Scott, Isaac Brock, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Elliott Smith, Patti Smith, Nicole Atkins, Damien Rice and Bruce Springsteen. As a guitar player he’s influenced by the progressions of John Lennon and George Harrison. The lyrics to his song Aurora were published in the March 2017 issue of American Songwriter Magazine. An essay about being a performance artist called A Moment of Honesty was published in Guernica in May 2016.

verona revisited

Matt Waters.