[06] "double dealing" > "when will the blues leave" |
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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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