O, Baby blankets and baby shoes, baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of
baby
blue. Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed.
Now I
know lightning strikes again. It struck me once, then struck me dead.
My
folly grows inside of me. I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two
now.
Well, the egg man fell down off his shelf. All the good king's men
with
all their help struggled 'til the end for a shell they couldn't mend.
You know where this will lead, to hush and rock in the nursery for the
kicking one inside of me. I eat fort wo, walk for two, breathe for two
now.
When the boy was a boy, the girl was a girl, they found each other in
a wicked world. Strong in some respects, but she couldn't stand for
the way
he begged and gave in. Pride is for men; young girls should run and
hide
instead. Risk the game by taking dares with "yes". Eat for two, walk
for
two, breathe for two now.
Walk for two? I'm stumbling. Breathe for two? I can't breathe. Five
months , how it grows. Five months now, I begin to show
Over your shoulder, please don't mind me if my eyes have
fallen onto your magazine for I've been watching and wondering why
your face is changing with every line you read. All those lines
and circles, to me, a mystery. Eve pull down the apple and give
taste to me. If she would be wonderful, but my pride is in the
way. I cannot read to save my life, I'm so ashamed to say.
I live in silence, afraid to speak of my life of
darkness because I cannot read. For all those lines and circles,
to me, a mystery. Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me.
If she could it would be wonderful. Then I wouldn't need someone
else's eyes to see what's in front of me. No one guiding me.
It makes me humble to be so green at what every kid can
do when he learns A to Z, but all those lines and circles just
frighten me and I fear that I'll be trampled if you don't reach
for me. Before I run I'll have to take a fall. And then pick
myself up, so slowly I'll devour every one of those books in the
Tower of Knowledge.