Something I wish I had writen, but Tori Amos did it better than me. For some reason, I keep coming back to this song in my head ..........
And if I die today I'll be the happy phantom And I'll go chasin' the nuns out in the yard And I'll run naked through the streets without my mask on And I will never need umbrellas in the rain I'll wake up in strawberry fields every day And the atrocities of school I can forgive The happy phantom has no right to bitch Oo who The time is getting closer Oo who Time to be a ghost Oo who Every day we're getting closer The sun is getting dim Will we pay for who we been So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel They'll be my ticket to the universal opera There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand And then these seven little men get up to dance They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen I'm still an angel to a girl who hates to sin Oo who... Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back You found a girl that you could truly love again Will you still call for me when she falls asleep Or do we soon forget the things we cannot see Oo who...
Loving the blue background and the poems you wish you had written. I enjoy song lyrics much more when they're written for me to see.
ReplyDeleteWolf, I remember. I was 14. Summer. We were driving from Charleston, SC to Batesville in the Sable. Through the Tennessee mountains. You were trying to make it back to Indy to see the Why Store. This song came on. You cried, and laughed, and sang. I was 14. You made a request. I remember it. Skwryl
ReplyDeleteSkwryl, I remember that race to get to the Why Store show! And the song! thanks for remembering .... could come in handy! Wolf!
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