hey little girl
with a curl
in your hair
i never thought you'd be there
i never thought
i'd sing a song
except about what's gone wrong
about what i bought
not what i sought
hey little girl
with a pearl
in your eye's
don't ask forever
don't ask why's
ain't nuthin' forever
no matter how we try's
hey little girl
with a curl in your hair
my ? to you is
will you be there
'tis
a question i wear
hey little girl
with a pearl
in your eye
will you try?
i know the ain't
i don't be know saints
with someone like me...
the man that you see
i be the man that i be
you ain't gonna' change me
i be who i be
with your brown eyes
i'll give it my best tries
i don't know the why's
or wherefores
i don't know the closin' of the doors
i do know forsures
and for ain'ts
been there
done that
that's why i'm where i'm at
so i ask you
a ? that's true
do
you think
without a drink
i can be there for you
what would we do
what do ya' think
can it be me & you
without a drink
i don't know
i can't say
anway if my lips were movin'
i'd be lyin' anyway
so what do you say
give it a try any way
whata' ya' say
do it anyway
go it alone
or go it together
thru foul & stormy weather
just as long
as we be together
we be me & u
that'll do
singin' our song
as we go along
thru what ever
goes wrrong
ain't
that clever
however
that does mean
for ever & ever
thru lean
and stormy weather
FOR EVER
it means
NEVER
it means FOR EVER
you & i
we get by
we try our best
we pass the Test
all of the Rest
we leave up to HIM'
not them
just US
and HE
and we be
a WE
we 3
you & me & HIM
forget all of the rest of them
leave them
up to HIM
it really be
can you see
it's just you & i
if we are gonna' get bye
we have to give our best try
don't ask me why
but we do
just me & you
&HIM
f**k "them"
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Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
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