Sitting by the lake

They say the best things
Money can't buy 'em
What currency do you take then?
Love's labors all in vain
and self-sacrifice through gritted teeth
I chased you around the world
Found myself back in a dime store
I was on sale for 5
Water cost 50 times as much
1 free smile lasts me for 15 minutes
Then I wait
and wait
and wait
I see you in the window through amber glass
Blurry like the lucid lie I know you to be
Blind and deaf I want you
Don't see or hear me
Just amuse me
Like people in the TV screen
Thorn in my side
This notion that an empty bed is a bad thing
Each new experience makes the next one
A little bit duller