astrology did not chart me
i was like everyone else
no one wrote what i thought
not deep down inside

nothing much to do
well only everything
but nothing is something
when i am with you

a track record of despair
and i was the child –
in the playground –
who just wanted someone there

i really did believe you
when you laughed at my jokes
and when you said no one understood
that i was the only one who really did

i am trying to be okay
but people live in my way
i have washed up on life’s shore

make me up
wake me up
it looks like rain
but that’s just one view

i wanted to say it
you made me do it
and i offer no apologies
no change for obscenities

and i am not a clown
and although i admit
i do hide somethings behind a smile

As It Goes By i smile into your eyes i think i need to try catch my thought – as … More