Tess Lyrics

Inside a smokey poolroom

In the corner of the floor

A woman glows and no one knows

The lives she's lived before

Across that hazy barroom

A ring around her smile

I looked that way just yesterday

And found I'm still on trial

With the shadows of a moment

Still emblazoned on my soul

I've got a road to travel

I've got some dice to roll

The sky outside is clouded

By the foggy mist of time

Impossible to see through

Impossible to rhyme

The air inside is stagnant

Until I see your face

A springtime breeze that shatters

Every painful spiteful trace

And all at once I think there's hope

I think I realize

There's love on the horizon

And understanding in your eyes

Inside a smokey poolroom

In the corner of the floor

I see your glow and no one knows

The lives you've lived before

Without a flash of excellence

Without a point of view

But it's only me who's dreaming here

And obviously not you