A nice little poem LXXXIX

Say that thou didst forske me for some fault,
And I will comment upon that offense;
Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt,
Against thy reasons making no defense.

Thou canst not, love, disgrace me half so ill,
To set a form upon desired change,
As I'll myself disgrace, knowing thy will:
I will acquaintance strangle and look strange,

Be absent from thy walks, and in my tongue
Thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwell,
Lest I (too much profane) should do it wrong,
And haply of our old acquaintance tell.

For thee, against myself I'll vow debate,
For I must ne'er love him whom thou dost hate.


JR

In a time,
When the sun descends alone,
I ran a long long way from home
To find a heart that's made of stone.

I will try,
I just need a little time,
To get your face right out of my mind,
To see the world through different eyes.

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away,
But when we meet it seems I can't let go.

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Lay it down,
Pull my heart to the ground,
Time's getting cold,
Now the leaves all turn hard and blue.

And I know,
When I gaze to the sun, no place to hide
I got nowhere to run from you,
away from you.

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Oh, thinking about our younger years,
There was only you and me,
We were young and wild and free.

Now nothing can take you away from me,
We've been down that road before,
That's over now, you keep me coming back for more!

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I like the way you'd hold me,
every night for so long baby.
And like the way you'd say my name,
in the middle of the night,
while you were sleeping.

I was believeing in you.
Was I mistaken?
Do you mean, do you mean what you say?
When you say our love could last forever...

But I'd rather you be mean, than love and lie.
I'd rather hear the truth, and have to say good-bye.
I'd rather take a blow, at least then I would know.
But baby don't you break my heart slow.


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