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By Tangerine Date: 2001 Oct 04 Comment on this Work [[2001.10.04.12.33.19080]] |
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I remember I remember so much You thought I forgot Just because we are no longer together I remember the first day you came to my door You gently bowed, lifted my hand, and kissed it. I felt like a princess in some storybook. I remember. I remember the day at work when the phones were ringing off the hook and I was knee deep in problems I picked up the receiver only to hear soft music in my ear it was Stevie Wonder, singing " I just called, to say, I love you I just called to tell you how much I care I just called to say, I love you and I mean it from the bottom of my heart." I just stood there, with tears streaming down my face. I remember I remember the time I was so ill I couldn't walk You cooked for me fed me cleaned the house even bathed me in bed I remember I remember when I had too much to drink and how I staggered and fell you thought it was funny and put me to bed and the hangover the next day You covered the windows to keep it dark mixed your magical potion and made me drink even cleaned up all my puke tip-toed arund the room, while I slept even brushed my teeth and kissed me I remember I remember the days when I worked overtime and when I got home you made me lie on the bed with warm oil waiting and how you rubbed my feet for hours even kneeling on the floor when you got tired I remember I remember dancing until dawn and us both getting trashed walking outside in the snow and sliding and falling into the little pond and the police officer stopping to see if we were alright and us giggling like little kids I remember I remember you buying the newspaper when I was working temp services and looking for a job and you cutting out the ad which got me the job, that I have now and how I told you, that I was not qualified and you insisted that I could do anything how you forced me to apply against my excuses how I was afraid to work in the city and you drove me that weekend to show me exactly where to go how you had faith in me, when I didn't I remember I remember finding yellow roses in the front seat of my car and I never did figure out, how you got inside... How I came home that evening, and found yellow roses planted in my front yard... and the next day...... a dozen long stemmed yellow roses were delivered to my job in a big white box and that weekend at your house the barbeque you made for me and my kids and you gave my girls yellow chrysanthemums but to me - one yellow rose...... I remember I remember our first date We stayed out all night You took me out to dinner and then to go dancing but I wouldn't go inside because of the poison ivy on my foot and ankle I had to wear flip-flops and I was so embarassed so we danced in the parking lot instead I remember And all these things I keep locked up tightly in a little corner of my mind far away from my heart........ But, I Remember..... ~ |