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SlowDrag
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since 2002-01-10
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Tx...need i say more

0 posted 2002-02-08 01:08 AM


I know it's long, but i really think you'll enjoy the end if you read it all


this is the story of
a poor boy down on his luck
kept underneath the thumb
because he was young.

the world was slothing by
there's nothing new left to try.
such a big man refusing to cry
he's still so young.

he chased his tail for quite some time
doors and clocks and phones chime through his mind.
shuffle through days with his bitter smile
he felt so numb.

so he got some strange tattoo
he thought he knew what he had to do
this would be final waterloo
when he was done.

so he sat on his bed
and wrote this letter that no one ever read.
he addressed it to the world
and this is what it said...

Chorus:
So long life
i'm movin on to better things
so long misery
i can't stand you - you dont need me
so long innocence
i've outgrown naivete'
so long life
the word i finally can say"

he closed by scribling his last goodbye
we're never gonna live it down
"i'm getting out while i can...
i dont know why they say these things
why do they have to tell the truth..
cuz that's what's happening to me.."

bridge:
crooked thoughts
zig-zags
lolly gags.
as time just drags
through open sores
and metaphores.
and words that rhyme.

my dreams are daring me
to test in me
to try to be
so then i see some way.

see what you could..
see what you know...

Hello life
i know i've been gone so long
hello happiness
i admit that i was wrong
hello innocence
i finally found the one right thing
hello life
i think i'm finally happy
i think i'm finally happy
i think i finally can say
so long goodbye (so long goodbye)
so long goodbye (so long goodbye)


"Pardon me while I throw up, I guess some people never grow up..."

[This message has been edited by SlowDrag (02-08-2002 01:42 AM).]

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1 posted 2002-02-08 08:05 AM


This was really great!!!! I enjoyed it a lot and you were right....i did enjoy the ending

mE & cHrIsTiNe GaVe A WhOlE nEw mEaNiNg tO ThE wOrD "iNcOgNiTo"

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2 posted 2002-02-08 05:07 PM


Excellent....great escape poem....


~LCBS

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