We were really messed up
still we hung out all night
at blacksmith bar where all is forgiven
Shadows plotting our fate
but we were too tired to wait
we both fell deep into each other
The band played sad jamboree
as you were looking at me
with eyes like holy past life lovers

And so we slipped off to your room
there beneath the stars
'cause that's just what you're supposed to do
on nights when Venus kisses Mars

I was really strung out
i left her sleeping
in the shadows cast by street lights
through her window
I left my ghost in her room
I walked up 5th avenue
through morning faces
that know no happy ending
She stirs alone in her bed
the empty bottles, no more stars
just window taps from outside branches

I sleep it off, I fix a drink
and then I'm back out with the boys
We play our songs, we move along
so much for filling up the void
I'd love to stay and comfort you
or maybe find out who you are
Oh but instead, I'll write this song
and call it "Venus Kissing Mars"

She was really messed up
she sat up drinking all alone
on roof top, heartbeats still remember
She's still that same little girl
but now abandoned
laying strung out crying
heartbeat cold December
Up in the chimney smoke
she raised her glass
silent toasts, to ghost of lovers
fade like embers

She's found her place back in her room
watching late night movie shows
It's true these dreams are not her own
but that's all you've got when dreams are gone
He's found his place, out on the streets
back home with anyone he meets
But he will leave them with a smile
if they don't let him get too deep
To boys still hanging in the bars
To girls still trapped behind the stars
On nights like this, we long for bliss
that's only Venus Kissing Mars