ADELINE KNOWS

It's just another bunch of words
You made em up when you were trying
To be so cold
I guess I never really knew
There's such a mystery in trying
To be so cold
I hope they let you in
I hope they put you in their garden
So anyone can see

Adeline knows
That anything real
Is under her nose
If she could see it laughing at her
One of these times
It's gonna come clear
It's gonna be hard
But she can see it laughing at her
     Now it's on the way
     Fortunes falling down
     Pictures fading
     Doesn't anybody know me now?

Somebody ought to sit you down
Rip off your clothes and make you stand there
With what you are
It's just another bunch of words
Your little trick you never planned
To go so far
I hope you take them in
I hope they put you in their garden
So anyone can see

Chorus

Don't you know me?

Adeline says
It's only real if it happens in bed
But now it's okay
cause it's nobody's guess
Adeline knows
It's all you can do
See nobody gets it, nobody sees
But down on the corner of nothing and nothing
That used to be me
In my sparkles and chains
Then one day I made up a story and nothing was ever the same

Don't you know me?

© 1999, Ira Marlowe