Nadine

There is a place down the road
where the men all go
to be with their friends
drink
smoke
get loud and rowdy
and in that place are the women
of the night
and the men give them a little something
and the women give the men a little something
and they part
and it seems that when I go there
I am someone else
I am not me
I am Nadine
the men's sweet thing
my blood boils with the powder
and my heart is locked away
and no one knows how much it hurts
but then who would care anyway
it's lonely in the dark
on the streets
I could go and buy a good meal
or I could go and get the blow
and a bottle to help me forget
what I have done
so I go
bottle and sniff
sniff and snort
have another drink, baby
and let's go get funky
in the back room here in the dark
so I try to forget
and it works
for a little while
but all the while I know
I will be back again tomorrow