Clothesline



I should march right back and tell you
Not to tell me what I am
When I've been having fun
And while I'm at it could I ask you
Where do giving people fall
Within your scale of nice
I gave tries we both gave trials
Information came too late
The chance to use it gone
So I wear my drama smile
And don't do what you did to me
But I just did tonight

You need to hear "Don't rip your exes up in front of their boyfriends"
I need to hear "Ask the damn question if you're so flaming curious"
You need to say "This is a dirty laundry list of things you shouldn't do"
I need to tell you "This is my list and it's only three items long"

I know our mistakes were many
But I thought because you shut
Your mouth it was all right
Then the problems spill when any
Hope of resolution's passed
Away with the dodo
I need freedom from your feelings
And the lashing out with bark
That cuts as deep as bite
I can't help but you need healing
Of the cuts from sinister
When dexter didn't know

You need to know your damn dilemmas got me sick of accommodation
I need to know I'm being resented for the lines between what I forget
You ought to say what you feel when you feel it and let others stew
I ought to tell you everything I'm writing furiously now

And you know that I think it's fine if you want some space on my clothesline I've told you everything before but it takes more than just one time to sink it in

And you know that the equal sharing never worked 'cause it was never there you've got your secrets in your mind that I have to find and yes I care when you bleed

And I think that we've got to lay it out to dry maybe not today I'm trying everything I know to make it go the hell away but you throw more

And I think that we have to learn it's going to hurt it's going to burn to have your heart thrown in the air and not know where your soul will turn when it comes down


Copyright © 1999 by Katherine Foreman.



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