Bucket Greg Brown

Put it in the bucket if the bucket's there
Throw it in the alley, honey, I don't care
Stay beneath the covers in your underwear and throw down
Put it in the mail, sail it on the sea
Dress it up and send it to the jubilee -
I got a woman down in Missouri, I'm gonna go down

Take it to the forest and give it a toss
Down in the gully, honey, over in the moss
Without you, babe, I'm a total loss and a loser
Send me an E, call me on the phone
Please don't leave me here all alone
Morning comes like the twilight zone, I can't use her

Ain't it a big one, ain't it tall
Looks about as high as a prison wall
Up we climb and down we fall together
Over and over and into the blue
We say we are but we're never through
I've got a big bad thing for you forever

Call it impossible, call it a crime
Not kissing you is a waste of time
It doesn't scan and it doesn't rhyme without you
Call it a picnic, take it to the park
Meet me at the willow along about dark
The only song I sing like a meadowlark is about you