cut and paste folklore

i thought i saw you walk past me,

you didn't though.

in my defense, i have none

but it would've been fun

seeing you again.

you know the greatest loves of all time are over now

you always talked about the great ones

but it's another day waking up alone-

who knows if you never showed up, what could've been

i wouldn't know how butterflies are supposed to feel-

you had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

10 days is a long time

to wait for your letter

i had a marvelous time

on the first of october

so i want you to know

when no one is around, my dear

i pretend i'm shining just for you.

i'm still a daydreamer but i don't know why

i've never been a natural

all i do is sigh

i'm still trying everything

to keep you looking at me.

i never thought i needed anything more

than that one day at the bookstore

'cause you were never mine

will we talk when we're back at school?

i though just wanting was enough

'cause you weren't mine to lose.

what did you think i'd say to that text?

what do you sing on your drive home?

when I thought of you it's like I couldn't breathe.

but if I just showed up at your locker

would you say hi? would you smile?

i'm only 17, i don't know anything

except what you showed me.

your favorite song was playing

but i changed it to mine.

i dreamt of you all afternoon

but i can't know about what happens when

you see my face again.

if you kiss me, will it be just like i dreamed it?

only i just dreamed it.

take me to the city where all the poets

went to fall in love

tell me what are my words worth

when i write to you again.

i want to watch you grow a garden over me

'cause i haven't moved in years-

those hills look like a perfect place to cry

when the haze you left clears-

so i'm setting off, but will you drive me there?