Hello I'm the guy who sits next to you And reads the newspaper over your shoulder Wait Don't turn the page I'm not finished Life is so uncertain Here I am Yes it’s me Take my hand And you’ll see Here I am Yes it’s true All I want Girl is you Given that true intellectual and emotional compatibility Are at the very least difficult If not impossible to come by We could always opt for the more temporal gratification Of sheer physical attraction That wouldn't make you a shallow person Would it Here I am Yes it's me Take my hand And you'll see Here I am Yes it's true All I want Girl is you If Ford is to Chevrolet What Dodge is to Chrysler What Corn Flakes are to Post Toasties What the clear blue sky is to the deep blue sea What Hank Williams is to Neil Armstrong Can you doubt we were made for each other Here I am Yes it's me Take my hand And you'll see Here I am Yes it's true All I want Girl is you Look I understand too little too late I realize there are things you say and do You can never take back But what would you be if you didn't even try You have to try So after a lot of thought I'd like to reconsider Please If it's not too late Make it a cheeseburger Here I am Yes it's me Take my hand And you'll see Here I am Yes it's true All I want Girl is you This is one of my favorite Lyle Lovett songs. It makes me happy; the nonsensical lyrics, that piercing horn, his awkward drawl tempered with the bluesy wail of Francine Reed, the female vocalist, just laying it all out on the floor. Happy. I have a tendency to get quiet when I’m puzzling something out and I’ve been spending too much time lately puzzling something out. I don’t actually have an answer for the turmoil that’s been spinning about my brain. Or a solution for all the really icky things that people are doing to others out there on this planet. I just don’t feel like being totally quiet anymore. So here I am. If only life was as simple a solution as making it a cheeseburger…
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AuthorMy name is ej. I'm a girl. I say that because with the short hair and the short initials, folks aren't always sure. More brilliant insights to who I am in About me Archives
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