MUBARE · ARCHIVE

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in a bar at the new york hilton / after a meeting with a group of businessmen / i read a book about people / ready to faint / there was a smooth and marble sphinx / who grouched upon some elevated things / kind of wild and free / i said: it’s alright / a piano-whacker played jazzy gospel music / in a sunken hollow / right beneath the level of our eyes / the lady came over and said to me / i only know one philosophy / but it ain’t the way the story works / she said: i never say i love you – of this you can be sure / she said: / you make your own breaks the best way you can / you wait for a ruler, you wait for a man, defenses down / some say that’s life / but i’ve got many more things to do / than wait for a man, who tries to come through / just to let me know, that i’m alright / i said: why don’t you just say / i love you – just try it out / hey, do you wanna hear something about my life / i grew up in some ghostpalais / i studied journalism and i got my first guitar / when John F. Kennedy became president / but that was long ago you know / in 1960 or something or so / hey, would you like to know my name / one thing i know now / i love you, i love you, i love you / i know it sounds silly / to hear that from a guy like me / but i / love you, love you, love you / and no matter how often this has been said: / i love you, i love you, i love you ...