By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 22 October 1999

Where's The Map

beautiful, haunting, if somewhat
          retarded
  I'm hard to forget
                 yet easily
           discarded
   what have I started
   now I can't slow down
   until I win
   the biggest crown
 dreamin'
 schemin'
 sellin' out
 show me a better,
 sweeter route
where's the map, darlin'?
where's the map?

      all the kisses were misses
          the sex was a hex
     the lingerie and MAC lipstick
         just so many hot checks
     I'm looking for the Lexus
        as I cruise in my Ford Granada
      hangin' with Pico and Nico
       as I dream of Erik Estrada
      I'm shopping for Versace
     in my Goodwill jeans
    I'm hoping Val Kilmer will tiptoe into my camp
        and show me what it all means
     I'm sure I'll lure him in
          with my smeared smile
     eating Nacho Doritos
        all the while

dreamin'
schemin'
sellin' out
show me a better, sweeter route
where's the map, darlin'
where's the map

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