Qualified... (song)

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I was down by the shore

Just waiting 'cuz the tide was changing:

Saw a flock of birds,

A dog jumped in to re-arrange 'em –

Never caught a one, but he loved to make them … fly away

(Life always happens in the moment,

still you laugh and dream it over for days).

I was walking through the store

'Cuz my oat bran was down to empty –

Boy was on the floor,

A man bent down with Good & Plenty's:

Child heard that rattle and his eyes shot up like … Willie Mays

Just knocked his heart into the sky

(Man, you can write about those eyes for days).

So the first bell rang at noon;

That schoolgirl's freckles made me shiver.

She said, “Whatcha gonna do?”

I said, “I'll stand up if you deliver.”

She laughed, “Hope Escalante doesn't come and take that … knife away” :)

By the second bell she's gone

(But still you loop that line along and replay).

            ~

I was making soap with you:

Mixed lemongrass, rosemary, cedar.

Oils melted through

That plastic cup, now my 2-seater

Smells like magic forest – and your grandma stares … she's too far away,

“Boy, why you huffing that upholstery?”

“Girl, you'll know if you stand closely,” I say.

This is probably the last time

I will see you – what a bummer.

Still, we've got some white wine,

Barely any clothes – that's summer:

Time to melt the sky and burn that clingy yesterday off my face

('Cuz ev'ry star up in the sky

Is just another point of light I can chase).