julie said we drink far too much coffee

wine and cigarettes and we never get no sleep

i first met them at a riverboat party

both of them were speeding i would say

i lived on the edge of all this indulgence

taking notes and trusting in prudence

julie said to jim why don't we jump in

while the water is cool and we are still friends

some say that they o.d.'d on leonard cohen

well i can see that river whenever i think about them

the river is cruel and the water is deep and blue

i was working then on my great unfinished novel