By christopher lake
Date: 4 June 2000

to my american beauty

to my american beauty
found
in the night
after a long day's
journey
we didn't take 
together
but which 
led us 
to the same place
regardless...

i know
i can't feel 
all that you felt
but i can
and i do
make your pain 
my own.
it's not about right
or wrong.
it's about you
and i
which is why
i'm takin' you on
and not lettin' you go
and fightin' for US
for all
i'm worth...

'cause
we have a life 
to live,
baby darlin',
and
things to catch up
on, 
ya know...
we have tornados to
chase
and places to go
and fireworks to watch
and edges to walk
and time to feel
like we're runnin'
outta time
when we're 
really
just beginning...