In The Car


She fed me strawberries and freezer-burned ice cream 
I said "goodbye, I guess", she lifted up her dress 
And so I must confess, we made out one more time before I left for good 
She thought I'd come back, but I wouldn't want to seem like other guys 

A book-and-record love, we sat and read our books 
Between those longing looks, compounded by our fear 
My tongue inside her ear, my tongue inside her, in the basement of her mother's house 
Where we once taped the first three sides of Sandanista for my car 

We were looking for ourselves and found each other in the car 
It was rare to do much more than simply mess around in the car 
It was mostly mutual masturbation 
And though we spoke of penetration, I'd have to wait for someone else to try it out 

Once, I had this dream, I slept with her mom 
That's what I thought was wrong, a secret all along 
Unless she hears this song, unless she hears it on a tape, inside her car 
With her new husband and she turns to him and says "I think that's me" 

In the car 
We were looking for ourselves, but found each other in the car 
We groped for excuses not to be alone anymore in the car 
We were waiting for our lives to start their endings in the car 

We were never making love 
We were never making love 
We were never making love