Second Best

The impact
 The aftershave
 The European cigarettes
 The taxi
 The alcohol
 That lingers on your breath
 The lipstick
 The street lamp
 The woolen overcoat
 The front desk
 You turn yourself
 It isn't over yet
 Second best, oh second best
 I can learn to live with this
 Plus I really need a rest
 After all what's wrong with second best?
 What's wrong with second best?
 The motel
 The distances
 Cave into kisses cold and wet
 Familiar exchanges
 Like needle pulling thread
 The empty movements
 That once were so inspired
 Desperate attempts to fan the flame
 Without the fire
 The mattress creeps beneath
 The symphony of misery and cum
 Still we lay jerking back and forth
 And blurring into one
 Second best, oh second best
 I can learn to live with this
 Plus I really need a rest
 After all what's wrong with second best?
 What's wrong with second best?