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i don't know you beyond your name and the image in my head.
don't even know you except for your phrases,
the way you say,
and your words that i have read.

but it's all the same, seems i'm interested in you.

i don't know what is your claim to fame,
or all the lives that you have led.
but i think i'd love to get inside,
plug into the soundtrack in your head.

are the rumors true, that your eyes are robyn's egg blue?

but dammit, look how i'm behaving:
silly dreams and raving, baseless optimism.

really i should just relax, chill and face the facts
that you're just a vision.

when you're burrowed under blankets or on the phone,
open window by your bed,
i have to wonder if you're ever lonely,
wished you had one with whom to rest your head.

but could it be you might be interested in me?
will i get a view of your eyes, robyn's egg blue?

another day and another night
a darkened spell without your light
we got together on new year's eve
last year's intrigue would never leave

i love you, i beseech you
but i don't know how to reach you
i love you, i beseech you
but i don't know how to reach you

another day, another thing
grey telephone that doesn't ring
it feels empty when i hit the sack
i know i slacked off but i want you back

i adore you, i implore you
but i'd really rather not ignore you
i adore you, i implore you
but i don't know how to score you

some say gimme and some say please
me i'll take proverbial bended knee
another day and another night
another darkened spell without your light

i love you, i beseech you
please tell me how to teach you
i adore you, i implore you
but i'd never ever want to bore you
i love you, i beseech you
but i don't know how to reach you

when you give me my hat back
maybe i'll call off the hungry pack of wolves
that hangs around after sunset
hassling you at the park and breathing down your neck.
not that i'm trying to start a fight,
just want to sort things out and set the record right
so what do you think about that?
cuz there are several ways to drop and skin a cat

what do you think about that?
could we swing it?  could we set it up?
what do you think about that?  you want to swing it?

we could make an arrangement
we could schedule a time for our estrangement to start
if we'd not already done that
but we could take a step back and walk on thru it again

so what do you think about that?
could we make it?  you want to do it up?
what are your thoughts about that?  want to swing it?

burgundy conversation makes me feel like i'm marooned
fighting phantoms of words unspoken, leaving me subdued

i thought you scored a new hat trick
put another fellow on ice and then count to three
although i might just have dreamt that
and jealousy embellished, so the joke's on me

this burgundy conversation leaves me feeling i'm marooned
stuck alone on an island with old arguments exhumed
i think i need a vacation, say a week away from here
maybe once i turn my head the haze will start to clear

why don't you give me my hat back
and i'll try to settle down and get off your back.