My Night...

Well, what I remember of it- After taking an obscene amout of time to get ready, we headed for the bar- Yep, you guessed it- the bar-- where I met.... Anyway, we walked in and scanned the scene. No signs of my "mystery man". I had a feeling I wouldn't see him, however I decided not to let it bring me down. I went to the bar, and ordered a Jack and Coke. Not wise for a woman with a very low tolerence to alcohol. I drank it way too fast and ordered another. After a few hours of listening to my wild friends hitting on random men and bad singing coming from the drunk patrons who'd finally had enough liquid courage to sing, I was really beginning to feel the effects of the alcohol and figured it might be time for me to call it a night. As I was headed to get Maria, the DJ, announced that they had a request for a "Chloe' Gardner". They wanted to hear me sing, "Poison Apples (Hallelujia)". Damn, I was almost wasted, but knew I could sing it. Maria and Susan pushed me up onto the stage. I figured what the hell, after all, it is one of my favorite songs- and you can NEVER go wrong with Joan Osborne. I asked who requested the song- and they showed me a slip of paper with my name and the song scribbled on it. It wasn't handwriting that I had seen before- but ok. I'm game tonight.

As the music began, I sang...

Your memory comes back to me
to stangle me with its sweet taste
See God would never be so cruel
to make me live without your face
Now that I have made you crawl
It does you good to see me fall
Like poison apples from the tree
as heavy as a honey bee


Hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why

Moving through you every night
The lovely girls in dressed tight
The angels dancing on a pin
The people we are downing in
Like a needle going in
Into the shining city skin
Oh I recall the moment when you ruined me for other men


Hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why

and as I got to the final lyrics of the song, I saw him... I looked straight into his eyes, and finished...


If I die before you do
believe me I'll be haunting you
I'll come upon you while you sleep
to drown you in a kiss
So deep....

What happened from there? Well... You'll have to ask him about that....