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i think in pictures

September 12, 2009
By Piper121 BRONZE, Yucca Valley, California
Piper121 BRONZE, Yucca Valley, California
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i don't write words, lord
i think in pictures
i don't live for tomorrow
i remember yesterday

and i don't remember sorrow
and i'm just thinking it's tomorrow
and i wonder why i'm gone
why i'm just their pawn

and we put our words together
wearing boots of spanish leather
and we're living for today
but i can see it's not okay

the kids in the alley
are all smoking and drinking
and i look at them and wonder
what do they really believe?

where do they go home at night?
do they like where they go?
would they rather be someone else?
would they rather be you?

and we put our words together
wearing boots of spanish leather
and we're living for today
but i can see it's not okay


The author's comments:
This started as an attempt to write blues lyrics, but I doubt that that's what it is now. And it wasn't originally in e.e. cummings style, but I decided it just looked better that way. It seems to have some sort of teen angst/disillusionment theme in it, but, as with anything else I create, your interpretation of it is just as valid, if not more, as mine.

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