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Laura & I
John Leppert's favorite part about this song is that there are so many unwritten verses yet to include. According to John, Laura and I are taping "Price Is Right" for our retirement home, Laura and I are filling potholes with imported coffee beans... Try it yourself, it's fun.
Lyrics:
Laura and I are sweeping
Out the cobwebs
On a Tuesday night
She looks the same but I am
Starting to see her
In a different light
She asks, "Did you remember to
Pick up coffee
On the way from work?"
I answer, "Yes," but what I
Mean to say is
Did you notice how
Far we've grown
Apart in these three weeks
Laura and I are planting
Flowers according to
The almanac
She's digging deep but I'm
Noticing the walls
Begin to crack
"I think they'll bloom this year"
I mutter something back
About the rain
But what I mean to say is
How much longer
Do you think we'll
Keep on acting
Out this tragic play
Laura and I are
Lying in our bed and we're
Lying in our sleep and we're
Lying with our tongues behind our
Lips, behind our backs, behind
The walls we've put just to keep each other in
Laura and I are tossing
Frisbee to the
Upstairs neighbor's dog
We still talk every day but it's
Hardly what you'd
Call a dialogue
She says, "your sister called"
"I'll call her back," I
Yell across the hall
But what I mean to say is
How am I
Supposed to do
What's worst for us when I'm
Afraid it's best for me
Laura and I are throwing
Tantrums off the roof
Because it's fun
It's good to laugh with her but
Now the glow is missing when we're done
She says, "let's go and catch
that band we saw downtown
last Saturday"
I go along, but I think
Is it going to
Bring us any
Closer to the
Place we always had in mind
Laura and I meet up for
Lunch but wind up
Sharing a breakfast plate
She touches me
Under the table, just like
On our second date
I say "I like your blouse"
She blushes, "This old thing?"
But could she really mean
To say that she is truly
Happy with the
Way that things have
Turned out in our
Fractured fairy tale
Laura and I are going to
Stay together
Till the very end
