Jimmy LaFave MEASURING WORDS It’s beyond all rhyme and reason Between the truth and lies A mental maze of madness The endless diatribe You never talk about it All you do is yell and scream Volume up so loud and hollow The thoughts become obscene You block out my comprehension Everything you say is absurd You’re not making conversation honey You are only measuring words Get up on your soapbox baby Throw your book at me Tell me that I’m always guilty Guilty to the first degree Tell me I love to hurt you Tell me I like to lie Tell me I’m not even human ‘Cause you never see me cry But the din you throw at me baby Only leaves my emotions unstirred You’re not making conversation honey You are only measuring words Measuring words until they mean nothing Measuring words that only cause pain Measuring words tortured and twisted Measuring words ‘till they are insane Measuring words in the heat of the moment that always play on our fears Measuring words they fall on my deaf ears We don’t talk about it baby We just don’t communicate It’s a one way ride to nowhere Syllables have sealed the fate We don’t hear each other The signal’s lost, we both agree Hopeless sense of isolation So very clear to see No compromise in the future When everything we say goes unheard You’re not making conversation honey You are only measuring words