MELTING BRIDGE (Five Stages of Morning) WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter I. I wake up as she's leaving, gone for the Sunday news. she'll buy a pound of coffee. no, the coffee pot is gone. for tea I boil the water and throw it at the wall. paper steams away like a melting bridge, melting bridge. II. if I don't ask forever, maybe she'll come back. if she loves me sometime, I could live with that. the radio is playing: me and the sound of pain, two objects in one space water steaks my face font of grace. CHORUS: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, acceptance. III. I've pushed every button to find another song. but still she doesn't love me and hasn't all along. the die has never been cast there's nothing left to smash. what's past is past. free of her at last, free at last. IV. melting bridge is burning. firemen are returning. they cannot hinder it. now the bridge is leaning. water they are needing has all flowed under it. (repeat chorus) ENDING: melting bridge is falling, melting bridge is falling, melting bridge is falling, falling down. melting bridge is falling, melting bridge is falling, melting bridge is falling, falling down. melting bridge is falling, melting bridge is falling, melting bridge is falling, falling down, down. © Copyright 1989 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.