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Jacqueline 04:50 pm UTC 10/10/10 |
| In reply to: | NJC : Save the Lap Dance for Me - Vin 12:57 am UTC 10/10/10 |
| So dark!!! Not at all what the title suggested. Really chilling and I would think that the "over 25's" would agree (says an "over 40" woman). Bravo, Vin. Really, really excellent. Loved this line the most: 'My safety net’s been ripped and chewed / By the beast that waits to feast on you' Thanks for posting. > I thought this title would get me a light-hearted song. > The song had other ideas... > > > Save the Lap Dance for Me > > Who is this person I’ve become? > How did I wind up here? > Light years beyond my glory days, > a fraction of the man I thought I’d be, > Wandering lost in a barren maze, > littered with the bones of opportunity. > And all the signs say “Quit while you’re behind” > Except this one ahead that I just read, > Says “Boy, the end is near.” > > My master plan’s been foiled hard, > the blueprints torn asunder. > My grand design’s been scribbled through > and it seems its all that I can do > To stare in wide-eyed, wasted wonder > > There’s a ghost in the machine > And a devil in the details > But I just might find a savior in my medicine chest. > But I’m getting too far ahead > For now I’m just right here. > And Andrew Jackson’s asking you > To do what you do best > > So darling won’t you save the lap dance for me? > I’ll keep my hands beside myself > And my face in your hair > I’m only paying for a little taste > of what I think my life’s been missing > Before I disappear again into the cold and thinning air > > I wasted my parents’ college tuition, > At least you’re here working for yours. > Still shaking off that youthful glow, > a future just as bright as you believe it to be. > I wish I didn’t know what you don’t know, > That a life can be a web of mediocrity. > And every time I cast my eyes too high > The heavens smack me down into the ground, > Then slam and lock the doors. > > If I had a bridge its long since burnt, > My ship has sailed and splintered. > My safety net’s been ripped and chewed > By the beast that waits to feast on you > And see all our ambitions killed and interred. > > I’ve seen a gremlin on the wing > And a fiend in all the fine print > But I just might exorcise them in my Chevy’s exhaust. > But I’m miles from my garage > And only inches from your new tattoo > So let me buy some hope from you, > For all my other hopes are lost. > > So darling won’t you save the lap dance for me? > I’ll only look you in the eye > when you’re looking away. > I’m only praying for a chance to waste > This awful time that I’ve been killing, > Before I stagger off into the unforgiving light of day. > > What went wrong? > And who’s to blame? > And please don’t give me my own name. > And who do I direct all my objections to? > And please don’t leave me hanging here, > For the only American Dream I have right now is you. > > So darling won’t you save the lap dance for me? > I can promise I won’t touch you, > If you can swear that you won’t cry. > I’ll never come this close to love again > Without blowing all my money, > But that’s allright this night is over, babe, and so am > I. > | |
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