THIS SHIRT
IS OLD AND FADED
ALL THE COLORS
WASHED AWAY
I'VE HAD IT NOW
FOR MORE DAMN YEARS
THAN I COULD COUNT
ANYWAY
I WEAR IT BENEATH
MY JACKET
WITH THE COLLAR
TURNED UP HIGH
SO OLD I SHOULD
REPLACE IT
BUT I'M NOT ABOUT
TO TRY
THIS SHIRT'S
GOT SILVER BUTTONS
AND A PLACE UPON
THE SLEEVE
WHERE I USED TO SET
MY HEART UP
RIGHT THERE
WHERE ANYONE
COULD SEE
THIS SHIRT'S
THE ONE I WORE TO
EVERY BORING
HIGH SCHOOL DANCE
WHERE THE BOYS
IGNORED THE GIRLS
AND WE ALL PRETENDED
TO LIKE THE BAND
THIS SHIRT
WAS A PILLOW
FOR MY HEAD
ON A TRAIN
THROUGH ITALY
THIS SHIRT
WAS THE BLANKET
BENEATH THE LOVE
WE MADE IN ARGELES
THIS SHIRT
WAS LOST FOR
THREE WHOLE DAYS
IN A TOWN
NEAR BUFFALO
TILL I FOUND
THE LOCKER KEY
IN A DOWNTOWN
TRAILWAYS BUS DEPOT
4 BAR
BREAK
THIS SHIRT
IS THE ONE I LENT YOU
AND WHEN YOU
GAVE IT BACK
IT HAD A RIP INSIDE
THE SLEEVE
WHERE YOU ROLLED
YOUR CIGARETTES
IT WAS THE PLACE
I PUT MY HEART
NOW LOOK AT WHERE
YOU PUT A TEAR
I FORGAVE YOUR
THOUGHTLESSNESS BUT
NOT THE BOY
WHO PUT IT THERE
THIS SHIRT
IS THE PLACE
YOUR CAT DECIDED
TO GIVE BIRTH TO FIVE
AND WE STAYED UP
ALL NIGHT WATCHING
AND WE WEPT WHEN
THE LAST ONE DIED
THIS SHIRT
IS JUST AN OLD
FADED PIECE OF COTTON
SHINING LIKE
THE MEMORIES INSIDE
THOSE SILVER BUTTONS
4 BAR
BREAK
THIS SHIRT
IS A GRAND OLD RELIC
WITH A GRAND OLD
HISTORY
I WEAR IT NOW
FOR SUNDAY CHORES
CLEANING HOUSE
AND RAKING LEAVES
I WEAR IT BENEATH
MY JACKET
WITH THE COLLAR
TURNED UP HIGH
SO OLD
I SHOULD REPLACE IT
BUT I'M NOT
ABOUT TO TRY