Vandalized

Well, it's late at night.
 There's nobody around
 Just the sounds of the cars
 Upon the asphalt ground
 It's the waiting time
 When the hours grow still
 And I gaze through the glass
 Inside my windowsill
 Though I know that you must be
 Somewhere in this world
 In this place where at birth
 You and I were both hurled
 To think that we once were relating
 Is a thing that has almost grown foreign to me
 It's a bad sight
 Such a terrible waste
 To spend your time talking
 In such bad taste
 It's the same old line
 But it's not you I blame
 It's your teachers and television
 That you put to shame
 The night's lasting longer
 'Cause I've filled my head
 With the things I could have done
 And then the words I could have said
 But, in truth, I was only spectating
 And that's a permanent part of reality
 So many rude lines
 So many petty crimes
 And I don't feel the need
 To apologize
 And tonight is the time
 That you stick in my mind
 But from now on I won't become vandalized
 Now the room's started filling
 With the dawn's early light
 And the end has arrived
 Of this long night
 I turn off the television
 And I hit the bed
 While your shade is still haunting
 My ever-vulnerable head
 And there's no use
 In trying to compromise
 When the kindest things we say
 Are when we tell each other lies
 And it's time I just quit my complaining
 And behave with a little more dignity
 So many rude lines
 So many petty crimes
 And I don't feel the need
 To apologize
 And tonight is the time
 That you stick in my mind
 And from now on I won't become vandalized