'bare'

matt nathanson

whenever I meet someone, I go through their wallet. I think you can learn a lot from someone by what's in their wallet. think about it. (plus, if they're not completely weirded out by me going through their wallent, I know we'll get along fine.)

by the same token, if someone wanted to get at me at my very core, to get the best idea of me, my bedside table would tell them just about all they need to know.




I have a ring in my drawer.
I stopped wearing it two years ago.
I could tell you the day, the place and the time that I took it off for the last time.
[dustbowl, yellow backpack, screaming]
hell, I could tell you the day, the place and the time that I put it on for the first time.
[10:35pm, downtown AA, snow in my hair]

this necklace, though, with three plastic beads and cheap strand of leather--
it will always
always
mean more to me.