Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Sea of Tears)

It was back amongst the living
 Your smile was giving me a thrill
 Enough to come so close to closing the deal
 The steal of a century
 A century stolen from our hearts to a house on the hill
 But if that is what it takes
 If that is what it takes
 If that is what it takes
 To be a stone, a stone's throw from your throne
 No man has ever hung from the rafters of a second home
 No man has ever hung from the rafters of a second home
 It's true
 I needed you more back when I was poor
 The wealthy dowager, the patroness, she guessed it
 The answer wasn't yes
 But her maxims were fine
 The ethos that flew about her mind
 Like swallows in search of a burned-down bell tower church
 But if that is what it takes
 If that is what it takes
 If that is what it takes
 To be a stone, a stone's throw from your throne
 No man has ever hung at the temporary age of 24
 Both feet on the floor
 Listening to the bonafide stasis of sound
 The eaves dripping yesterday's
 Ill-timed August rain
 If there is such a thing as ill-timed August rain