Thursday, October 18, 2012

When I first learned the truth




You were my adored one,
Then you became the bored one,
And I was like a toy that brought you joy one day,
A broken toy that you preferred to throw away.
 




If I expected love when first we kissed,
Blame it on my youth.
If only just for you I did exist,
Blame it on my youth.
 


 
I believed in everything,
Like a child of three.
You meant more than anything,
All the world to me.
 

 



If you were on my mind both night and day,
Blame it on my youth.
If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray,
Blame it on my youth.
 


 


And if I cried a little bit when first I learned the truth,
Don't blame it on my heart,
Blame it on my youth.

4 comments:

  1. Ah, oh why is yout'hood wasted on youts? Did you say "youts"? Yeah, "youts"!

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  2. This is all about Oscar Levant's unfulfilled longing for George Gershwin. It's right there between the lines.

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