She has a wide mouth
He wears a leather jacket
surrounded by red lipstick
that smells of mothballs and cigars
and she sings to me
and when we walk down the street
with breathy staccato laughs
he dances with me
and she takes me away.*
and he takes me away.

They sing show tunes
and waltz down sidewalks
and they take me away.
They take my breath away.