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Paradise Pie
Written in absentia for the 2008 SYMG High Sierra Singer Songwriters theme.
Lyrics:
From the way she spoke "good-bye"
You could tell that Mary had a boyfriend
But my airtight alibi
Let me serve her breakfast every morning
Mary can't you see if love is war
Then I'm an enemy combatant
To take Mary's lover's place
First I had to steal his identity
So before I reach first base
I'll convince him to read my malicious emails
If love is blind then
Mary will be seeing me for dinner in a week
When my clergyman found out
He gave my plan all his seven blessings
He said "son, you've been devout"
So go in peace, but not without a warning
Love is war but love is also holy
So you're technically jihad
With my struggle nearly done
I lit some candles for a cozy supper
When the clock read eight o' one
I heard the ring that I assumed was Mary
I prepared my fork and knife for Paradise pie, but
I got hell's pancake
When the agents burst inside
They put yellow tape up like it was a crime scene
It said "Love is a battlefield"
They put me under arrest, like in a bad dream
My neighbor in Guantanamo quotes Lennon,
he says "Love is all you need"
