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If I Could Be With You
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Sunday, 15 January 2006 09:43 |
double dealing
for penny
this might be
the corniest
question in the book
but baby,
if you love me &
i love you, then
why do we be having
some other peoples
on the side? i know it s
you i want so
desperately, but if i can't see you
cuz you with someone else
or it's just too hard to get a-
long wit you, then even before
my blood stops boiling i
pick up the phone & call some-
body else so how can i be so
mad wit you
when i m out here
double dealing
on my own? if it's just money
that keeps us apart, or all the kids
we got between us, then
why can t we make
the most of it
with each other, & put
the good parts
where they belong, the two of us
together yr legs
around my back,
yr sweet brown body
sh-sh-sh-shaking in my arms
detroit
may 26, 1982
after percy mayfield
When Will the Blues Leave
for penny
the words to a million songs
dance in my head
but my bed is empty
& you're somewhere else
altogether
without me, a song
without a singer, a long way off
like six blocks is for-
ever, baby, why can't
we, why don't we
cut this space
out of our lives, like
charlie parker with strings
is such a perfect
blend, ornette & don
cherry, miles & trane,
i can't get you
out of my fucking brain, oh
baby you can move me
in with you, or we can go some
other place, it don't
matter where, but be with me,
baby, & the blues will leave
the two of us, just as quick as that
detroit
june 3, 1982
after ornette coleman
#20
i mean you
for penny
it's not just a case
of wanting to be in love
as if it didn t matter
just who you are
or the particularities, like
the way you make my blood race,
the certain taste of your skin,
or just how soulful you are
in every way, & how deeply
& completely you understand me
in all the nutty complexity
of my being it's your intelligence,
your exquisite taste in music,
& the warmth of you i want,
baby, the warmth of you i want
like i ve never wanted anyone else
detroit
september 18, 1984
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