Lyrics of Life so strange

"life's so strange" is an emily saliers song. the only performance i
Have of it is from carboro, north carolina, on 21 march 1988.
Stylistically, it seems to fit pretty tightly into that time period,
So i don't think it was written too much earlier than that.
Cold black coffee, incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fistful of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water - it won't stop from falling down.
I get weary waiting for my muse
But in between the times she comes
I still have to tie my shoes
And get on with my day
There are mornings when i'm with (?)
And there are days i have to take the bus.
Life's so rich...
Life's so empty...
Secret rendezvous, long distance from a phone booth
Like two players in a mystery straight out of our youth
Well i'm finding that dramatics have lost their old appeal
I play the part of stoic lover, but i'm not sure how i feel
I get discouraged waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are mornings when amelia's right beside me
The next thing i know, i taste the salt of the sea.
Life's so rich...
Life's so empty...
Cold black coffee, incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fistful of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water - it won't stop from falling down.
As i grow weary, i'm waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are mornings when amelia's right beside me
The next thing i know, i taste the salt of the sea.
Life's so rich...
Life's so empty...
Life's so strange.