you settle like stardust, in the darkness darling don't worry where the car is parked, we'll grab it in the morning the tell tale tequila tears in a taxi cab i talked with my friend the television, while you took a nap and the moon shed light like skin you were lilly-white with lilac lips oh catherine, my catherine my long-stemmed loneliness, your beck and call we were roadside roses, we were record rainfall i saw your ghost in Golden Gate Park glowing in the city lights while some growing pains never go away, they only keep you up at night upon the paisley pillowcase, where your pretty head's been did i miss something? was it something i did? oh catherine, my catherine