Cold Hearted Love
Cold smiles,
cadaver touch
Whatever love you had for me,
now ain’t much
My tender heart still not yet tough
In-bed pleas to a deaf shoulder
get covered with stone silent rebuff
You flaunt your affairs openly,
with no regard for my feelings
You don’t tip up the stairs quietly,
or try to hide your indiscreet dealings
Empty promises, empty promises
Broken vows written in blood
Empty promises, empty promises
Scarlet cold hearted love
You gave me lots of flash photos of hope,
as you kept plenty of negatives in the darkroom
You whispered a lot of mirrors and smoke,
then disappeared into a world of distant, cold gloom
Once you got your hands on the joint account,
the marital demands didn’t seem to matter much
Now you’re on the move
like a bunny beach ball ready to bounce
Saying we lost our groove,
and your love gets paid by the pound, not by the ounce
Empty promises, empty promises
Hollow house built in blood
Empty promises, empty promises
Bricks of stone cold hearted love
Cold smiles,
cadaver touch
Whatever love you had for me,
now ain’t much
Bankroll from other lovers
lay brazenly on the night stand
Cigar smell cologne on your clothes,
scented trail mix of another man
You kept one promise though,
said soon it was all gonna end
And that when we part ways,
we ain’t gonna be best friends
Empty promises, empty promises
Scarlet tears flowing in a river of blood
Empty promises, empty promises
Love got carried away in a crimson flood
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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