I never liked this apple much

it always seemed too big to touch

I can't remember how I found

My way before she came around



I tell everyone

I smile just because

I got a city love

I found it in Lydia

and I can't remember life before her name



she keeps a toothbrush at my place

as if I had the extra space

she steals my clothes to wear to work

I know her hairs are on my shirts



I tell everyone

I smile just because

I got a city love

I found it in Lydia

and I can't remember life before



the day she called up and came to me

covered in rain

dinnertime shadowing

and as the clothes spun

we spooned and I knew I was through

when I said, "I love you"



Friday evening we've been drinking

2 AM I swear I might propose

but we close the tab

split a cab

and call each other up when we get home

falling asleep

to the sound of sirens



I got a city love

I found it in Lydia

from the battery to the gallery

its the kind of thing you only see

in scented glossy magazines

and I can't remember life before her name