always the artist, never the muse

Never date a writer

Never date a poet

Never love an artist

You'll never really know em

Never date a writer

Never date a poet

Never love an artist

You'll never really know em

I'm always lookin out

For somethin new to write about

Making a mess to clean it up

Mines full of paint But I'll fill up your cup

Put you on a pedestal Don't dare step off it

I'll put you in pastels so everything softens

I want you in marble want you in the night

I want you where the moon hits you just right

I'll drive you home you'll get real scared

Eyes off the road but I'll get us there

We'll talk about New York we'll talk about LA

We'll talk about anything but staying

We'll talk about loving We'll talk about fighting

We'll talk about fucking While we feel like dying

It's never gonna be enough But I'll keep on trying

It's never gonna fill me upBut I'll keep on writing

Things I didn't know I meant Splashed on a canvas

Mixed with blood like cement To keep me standing

To keep me standing

I'll write these words for you

To keep me standing

Never date a writer

Never date a poet

Never love an artist

You'll never really know em

Never date a writer

Never date a poet

Never love an artist

You'll never really know em

You're gonna get really tired of posing

And I always feel required to notice

All the little symbols and all the signs

All your little eye rolls and all your sighs

You'll get sick of hearing the same songs over and over

And over and over and over

I don't even know her I feel like I know her

I met her I left her I found her I lost her

I wrote her I drew her I thought I knew her

Always the artist and never a muse her

Never date a writer

Never date a poet

Never love an artist

You'll never really know em