Box The Days Lyrics - Sad Man Happy Man - Mike Doughty

I fell in love with the day drunk 

yeah, the whole day long 

well, she kissed the book 

all the morning through 

and then she sang out the words to the wrong song 

Oh, your love grips me like a golden vise 

or, the clenches of a champion 

I dreamed I'm in a ring at the Grand Palais 

and then I sang out the words to the wrong song 

and when I box the days up 

yeah, when I box the days up 

oh when I box the days up 

when I box the days 

Dreamed I was the king in Phnom Penh 

and I was giving up my throne 

all the people chatting on the muddy banks 

said I'm an okay king, and I sure can play the saxophone. 

Then I woke up in a motel 

I was not so far from there 

heard the shower running through a closed door 

and saw her dress laid across a desk chair. 

yeah when we round the strays up 

oh when we round the strays up 

yeah, the asphalt soaks the rays up