Henry I lied when I declaimed, “Our love’s died!”
It was tempting I admit I’m inclined to make you cry.
Much as it grieved me to ask you please leave me,
Nothing feels more than having you by my side, by my side...
Henrietta I’ve known you, since the sixth grade I’ve honed you,
Till the fine thing you are outshone the sun and the stars.
Converted believers, with their head feints and fevers,
Till she held court in the King’s X, like a queen of them all, yes you were.
Some of us,
Make a mess,
When all we want to do,
Is make it through.
Oh Henry this might take just the rest of our lives,
Park the car there come Sunday and I’ll pretend you’re mine.
This summer I think on, the plane rides to my southside,
This progression of missteps that hurts me more each time, yes they do.
Some of us,
Make a mess,
When all we want to do,
Is make it through.
Some of us,
Make a mess,
When all we want to do,
Is make it through.
Henrietta, I’d be lying if I swore you weren’t mine.
And feeling so possessive I confess I’ve been dying,
To understand where your mind goes, with your eyes and your heart closed,
I tend towards confusing my “yes-es” for your “no’s.”
Some of us,
Make a mess,
When all we want to do,
Is make it through.
Some of us,
Make a mess,
When all we want to do,
Is make it through.
credits
from Play Date,
released May 31, 2009
All words and music by John McClellen and the Moraggots
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