Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Frankly...

He called me the girl on the Audrey Hepburn bike
and I smiled and raced across the crunchy grass
I thought I'd win as I sprinted straight past
I felt like a kid, knowing rotten eggs are last
I'm like Ricky Bobby, I wanna go fast
Then the next thing I knew I fell on my ass
I fell hard
I fell harder than I'd ever fallen
I fell from the moon where he flew me
Everytime he'd sing his Sinatra solute
then deny that he could carry a tune
He was the Rat Pack rolled into one
a man who smokes a cigarette and sometimes carries a gun
a man who can dance without even knowing that he can
Fred Astaire with a stare like no other guy
let's fly let's fly let's fly
because he and I are a perfect sort of remake romance
He's a man I'd promise more than one dance
He is a USO dream
He's a modern James Dean
He's a man I'd love to give one last kiss before I leave on a black and white plane
I wish we could swing dance like Tarzan and Jane
Because he drives me cuckoo bananas, pin-up girl insane
They say he carries lady luck
like a little thought in his cigarette case
and I wish I was in her place
just to be a little thought in the back of his mind
I wish I was lucky
I wish he was mine
in my fantasy of fantasies
all I would see
is the girl that he's with getting switched out with me
He'd march up to her pinched pretentious pate
and realize I'm love while she's full of hate
He'd walk up to her knowing exactly who I am
and he'd say "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
then he'd take a smoke break
and sit down to think
and I'd take a spot right next to him on the yellow painted curb
and ask him if maybe he'd like to dance
and ask him if maybe he'd like to romance
and then he'd kiss me
and I'd ask him "why'd you do that?"
and he'd say "Because frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"



Wednesday, August 15, 2012

I Wish I Was Brave

I don't know what to say
as I count day by day
hour by hour
minute by minute
second by second
2 days add up to lifetimes
as my emotions pile up
until I don't even know what I'm supposed to be feeling
my brain is craving pickles and ice cream
while my heart wants one first kiss
I am learning
I am learning
I am learning to let go
but it's so hard
I don't know how to leave
everything that I've achieved
every breath that I have breathed
Every part I know is me
I can't bear to think that I'll miss each moment
that I'll be left out but I won't even know it
that I'll leave my life
but my life will leave me back
So when I come home
no one will care where I'm at
I'll be phased out
I'll be long gone
I'll be on the train I should've been on
life goes on
while I'm still waiting
and thinking
and hoping
and wondering
and praying
I wish I was brave
because I'd say things out loud
My mind would be proud
that I let it all out
as I wove my own shroud
things that cover me
that I will be remembered for
I wish I was brave
because I'd let you know how I feel while I still have the chance
I'd dance
I'd be fearless through circumstance
but I just keep thinking
you'll go on without me
and I'll be far away wishing
I don't know how to leave all that I've made
I'm afraid
I don't know who to be
who is me
I wish I was brave
so you'd notice me
and maybe I could have a dream to take with me
as of right now my wallet's empty
and I'll leave with wishes like pennies
wishing you'd kept me
I wish I could just say what I'm thinking
Because it might make me less afraid
or who knows
I could still be scared
after my soul's been bared
I don't know
although
I do know
that I'd like a dream to take with me
I'll lead
I hope you'll follow

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Let's Be


 original song
Seeing you across the room
Just passing through, just passing through
I dream in hues
Of me and you of me and you
Got my heart tattooed
And you look like mine, you look like mine
Everytime I get a chance to see into your dreamer’s eyes
Like fireworks, Each spark a firefly, Lighting up the sky
Do I look like yours?
The more and more
I smile and I hesitate knowing what I’m waiting for
To say the words and know it takes down fear if I’m keeping score
But baby your smile is sunshine gold
Let’s be adventures. Let’s grow old.
I’ve noticed you’ve drawn out your heart, line for line, each warning sign
And I find it matches mine our beats aligned perfect colors shine
And you look like mine, you look like mine
Everytime I get a chance to see into your dreamer’s eyes
Like fireworks, Each spark a firefly, Lighting up the sky
Do I look like yours?
The more and more
I smile and I hesitate knowing what I’m waiting for
To say the words and know it takes down fear if I’m keeping score
But baby your smile is sunshine gold
Let’s be adventures. Let’s grow old.
I’m not afraid as long as you hold my hand
Because you’ve made me see what I truly am
And I’ll laugh and you laugh
And we’ll have what we have
And facts will remain
Unless I reach out, take heart, and let my love explain
That you look like mine, you look like mine
Everytime I get a chance to see into your dreamer’s eyes
Like fireworks, Each spark a firefly, Lighting up the sky
Do I look like yours?
The more and more
I smile and I hesitate knowing what I’m waiting for
To say the words and know it takes down fear if I’m keeping score
But baby your smile is sunshine gold
Let’s be adventures. Let’s grow old.