"I am here to work" said Johnny
His aim was to clear that test
And when they had burgers together
He thought he'd have a good friend at best
Their days were filled with laughter
On a terrace beneath blue skies
And though the thought did cross his mind
It was easier to deny those lies
She belonged to someone else
And he did't want to waste on her his tries
But somehow, and he hated to admit,
He kept seeing that glint in her eyes
Each day they'd meet,
And so lovely she'd treat,
Johnny inspite of everything
And he would shy away,
From letting her close and say,
"There's no happiness you can bring"
"Do you want me to get you lunch"
She once asked of him
But stone-set as his ideas were
He forced a face so grim
She yet persisted with her love
Even her mama baked him pies
And soon he found it hard to trash
That puppy love in her eyes
They say chemicals control us
And that probably is true
For Johnny began falling for her
Like he had fallen for less than few
"Let me just try feeling this"
He began thinking to himself
"And if it doesn't feel right
I'll just hive it on a shelf"
Ah, but right he did find her
Like salvation in disguise
He thanked his stars no end
For showing him that look in her eyes
His days were brighter
And his nights felt warm
Cuz it was working out for them
In every shape and form
She bought him gifts
He showed her his friends
Weekdays they were together
They were together weekends
All Johnny wanted to do now
Was to gleefully surmise
All the goodness in the world
With that one look in her eyes
Now he missed a slip of the lip
When summer turned to autumn
Sometimes when you are on top
You are really just close to the bottom
"I'll give what you always wanted"
Johnny kept saying in a loop
But he knew she wasn't in her own
'Cept when she was with her group
He suspected one chap from there
He cussed "It must be the car he drives"
But he hated himself right away
When she gave him that look in her eyes
Now she said off and on,
"I like you in every kinda way"
And though you can't fight compliments
Johnny felt a hint of gray
"Is there anything you wanna tell me?
Anything I should know?"
"Well there's nothing to talk of honey
Plus its late and you should go"
She batted her lashes to go with her words
A tool that only a sweet gal plies
"Oh, I beg your pardon then", Johnny said
"I thought I saw something in your eyes"
Then one day when the sun beat down
Like the inside of an oven
Johnny met her in the evening
The nail he sensed, had been driven
She said, "I'm gonna shake things here
I'd be better off with someone else"
"But we can work it out" he wept
"And didn't you owe me some warning bells"
"Now you have some nerve, don't you?
To assume we were built to last"
The indifference in her voice
Left him so aghast
"Yea, you are probably right"
Johnny mumbled, feeling thieved of his prize
"Obviously I should have double checked
That look I kept seeing in your eyes"
"But can we think this out some more?" he asked
"Before you start brandishing your knife
Why don't you think of all that we've shared
Ain't I a huge part of your life?"
"Please don't worry 'bout me", she said
"I've got the best kind of Alzheimer's"
She grinned at him and fished out
Her new key from an exotic purse
"And I hope our tryst has taught you something
I hope it has made you wise
Don't delve much into the way people smile
And never read the look in their eyes"
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Ballad of a Jackass - In your eyes
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