I Don't Want To Be
© Deborah-Anne Bertin
Tuesday December 7th, 2004
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I know the way
I look at you
I wished you looked at me that way
All these nights I toss and turn
I never know just what to say
Each
morning when I wake up
I look in the mirror upon my wall
I take a deep breath, look into my eyes
And tell myself,
once again, not to fall
Chorus:
In love with you
I don't want to be
In love with you
Why can't you just
see....
What you do to me
I wish I could do
That to you
I don't know how you feel
I doubt you feel the
same
Can't you see how I light up
When you call out my name
Yet, when I call out yours
The same expression
lights up your eyes
Sometimes I wonder
If you don't realize...
Chorus:
In love with me
You don't want
to be
In love with me
Why can't you just see....
What you do to me
I know I could do
That to you
Bridge:
So I sti back and wait
Waiting for the day
When I can go to you
Go to you and say
*music builds up to
a crescendo*
Chorus:
(a half-step higher this time)
In love with you
I don't want to be
In love with
you
Why can't you just see....
What you do to me
I wish I could do
That to you
*music quiets down, very
softly, and starts to fade out*
In love with you
I don't want to be
But I am...
That Includes Me
© Deborah-Anne Bertin
Tuesday December
14th, 2004
A smile is on my face as I speak with you
With a single
sentence, it is wiped away
A worried look replaces it
I wish I could do something
I've sent you a short poem
One
I know has helped me before
We all say "I know how you feel"
But sweetie, I really do
I wish I could make things
right
It's times like these
When I wish I had the power
The power to make things good
Yet, I don't
And
never will
Only in a certain sense
Because no one can change fate
"When trouble comes, we often say
Why did
this have to be?
But blessings come in many ways
That sometimes we can't see
Everything that happens
Is part
of God's eternal plan
Today what seems a mystery
In time we'll understand
Remember prayers are with you
To
give you strength today
Call on those of us who love you
To share with you along the way"
These words of wisdom
Are
only 1 thing I can offer
But, I can offer a lot more
First of all, support
You never have to face difficulties
alone
That's what friends are for
They love you
And they care for you
So remember when life seems difficult
That
you never have to face it alone
Your friends are there for you
And that includes me
Just Us and the Roads Ahead
© Deborah-Anne Bertin
First Rights: Deborah-Anne Bertin
Date: January 10th, 2005
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You came flying out of the drive real fast
One look at you, and I knew I wouldn't last
I hopped into your
pickup
We flew down the lane
"Hey, ma'am, you oughta know
Your daughter's done it again"
// Chorus //
Dirt
roads flyin' by
Dust stirrin' into the sky
I felt like I was liberated
I felt like I was free
With just us and
the roads ahead
We only saw what we wanted to see
The red ball goin' higher and higher
Turning the land orange,
lookin' like a fire
We didn't care about the time
We didn't care about the world
We only saw each other
You were
takin' me for a whirl
The sun sank down behind the trees
And we were left beggin' please
We were young and we
were innocent
We knew what was comin'
As you slipped into me
Our heartbeats were a-jumpin'
// Chorus //
Nine
months later, here we are
That pick-up traded for a car
Thw two of us with our pride and joy
A beautiful little child
But
we knew that deep down inside
We were rarin' to get wild
We went and got that pick-up back
Our lives started
turnin' back to our old track
We packed up everything we owned
And we started our lives on the run
All that's left
is the dust trailin' behind
As we head toward that settin' sun
// Chorus //
Oh,
I flelt like I was liberated
I
felt like I was free
With just us and the roads ahead
We only saw what we wanted to see
Yea
We only saw
What
we wanted
To see
