Invisible Boyfriend

<br>Written by peter holsapple<br><br>Main voice: peter<br><br>Produced by continental drifters<br><br>Released on continental drifters (1995)<br><br><br><br>In the back of the dimly lit room<br><br>Stands a woman alone or so youd assume<br><br>But there to her right, all through the night<br><br>Stands her invisible boyfriend.<br><br><br><br>I watch her turn and then smile at the air<br><br>Half way expectin to see him right there<br><br>And when hes not her face just drops<br><br>Meet the invisible boyfriend.<br><br><br><br>The man of her dreams has returned to her dreams<br><br>But shes by herself or so it would seem<br><br>To a casual observer like I am.<br><br><br><br>Ask her a question, shell answer in kind<br><br>But all would agree shes got more on her mind<br><br>Look in her eyes, watch how she tries<br><br>To hold herself back from cryin.<br><br><br><br>Left with a memory and time on her hands<br><br>Left to a lifetime of unfinished plans<br><br>Left all alone by the one very man<br><br>Who would never have left her alone.<br><br><br><br>Sometimes I think I can see him myself<br><br>With his arms wrapped around her with picture of health<br><br>Grinnin at her just as they were<br><br>Before the impossible happened.<br><br><br><br>The man of her dreams has returned to her dreams<br><br>But shes by herself or so it would seem<br><br>To a casual observer like I am.<br><br><br><br>But all that I know is the pains wont go by<br><br>By the days and the weeks and the months since he died<br><br>She starts to leave and there by her side<br><br>Goes the invisible boyfriend.<br><br><br><br>God, I wish I had known him<br><br>Hes the invisible boyfriend.