The listener

she confides in me
i don't know why
maybe it's just because
i'm a good listener

she tells me about all her woes
i still don't know why
even with everything she's said
she's still a mystery

she doesn't wait for a reply
i still don't know why
i guess she doesn't want any answers
and it utterly perplexes me
that she wants to stay here with me

but once in a while
i see a slight glimmer of hope
maybe it's just the early morning light
but i wake to her staring at me

what is it that's on your mind
whats on your lips trying to get out
what is it that you're holding in
i can't understand until you make a sound

this crazy old world tries to keep us down
the time we waste won't be coming back around
so tell me...honey please tell me
ya please tell me...what's been keeping you down

time is short and the days are long
the night time flies by and breaks with dawn
there's something in the air
honey i can feel all of your despair

so talk to me...ya talk to me
you can lay it all in my ear

so talk to me...ya talk to me
you can have solice in that i'm always here

what is it that's on your mind
whats on your lips trying to get out
what is it that you're holding in
i can't understand until you make a sound

time is short and the days are long
the night time flies by and breaks with dawn

this crazy old world tries to keep us down
the time we waste won't be coming back around

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/8/2016)