Bet You Can't
12.30.97

When I wrote this, I sent it out to a bunch of people, saying I had no idea why I wrote it. One of them wrote back saying that she thought I wrote it because I was confusing about something...Hm, maybe so. Anyway, this is one of my favorites.


Bet you can't go ahead of time and survive
Bet you can't live your whoel life and still be alive
Bet you can't keep any relationship from breaking
Bet you can't keep our conscinces from fading
Bet you can't walk around the world and come back here
Bet you can't wish me away and make me disappear
Bet you can't keep the sun from shining on your face
Bet you can't be quiet instead of shouting all over the place
Bet you can't make the sun or moon fall from the sky
Bet you can't watch me forget you and not wonder why
Bet you can't see Santa take a cookie from a baking pan
Bet you can't ever be a nicer or kinder man
Bet you can't keep the night from being dark or stormy
Bet you can't keep anyone from ever talking to me
Bet you can't shut your mouth and have nothing to say
Bet you can't keep a little kid from having fun at play
Bet you can't go one single day without having one fight
Bet you can't go to sleep and wake up in the middle of the night
Bet you can't think of me as a figment of your imagination
Bet you can't sense any of the anticipation
Bet you can't ever stop or slow down the race of time
Bet you can't come back from the dead and say your life was worth a dime
Bet you can't climb up and jump from the highest tree
Bet you can't leave for more than a year and say you never missed me