Today

Background
I wrote this song in 1999 for Alan. It remains one of my top 5 favourite songs to this day. I really like the sound of it, and a lot of the lyrics. In this song, I manage to rhyme the word detergent. Also, the first couple sentences of the last verse are my favourite I have ever written for some reason.

Dedication
Alan

Lyrics
Verse 1: I’ve sat here all night in a frenzy thinking of you.
Do you think of me too wherever you are?
I’ve wondered and waited and I’ve been so patient,
But baby patience runs out.
I stare at the phone, wonder when you will call,
And I tell you that it doesn’t hurt me at all,
But you know that it does.
And though it may shake me you’re not gonna break me that way… today.

Verse 2: I brush my teeth and comb out my hair and I take off my sexy underwear,
And I slip into my bed.
I turn off the light and hold my pillow tight and I pretend that it’s you.
But you’re not so soft, you don’t smell like detergent.
And I wanna call you but it isn’t urgent so I just fall asleep.
And then you will take me but you’re not gonna wake me that way… today.

Alternate verse: In my dreams, I’m the queen of your heart.
And in my dreams, we’re never apart.
But I know it’s only a dream.

Verse 3: Wake up in the morning it isn’t a choice,
Oh how I wish I could wake to your voice every day.
And you’d kiss my neck and you’d hold me so tight
And we’d relive the memories of the previous night and we’d smile.
And then you’d get up but I’d pull you back down
And I’d say we had time for just one more round before we go to work.
Please don’t mistake me I know we won’t make it that way…today.
But we won’t fake it when we finally make it that way…someday.
No we won’t fake it when we finally make it that way…someday