red

my friends say you're giving me the walk sign
i think i'm heading for a land mine
i've been down this road before
it never looks like the brochure

they say i better make my move soon
girls like you are as seldom as a blue moon
how could they ever understand
my heart is sinking in a mound of quicksand

and the light turns yellow
and the light turns green
but all i can see is red
all i can see is red

you say stop acting like a scaredy-cat
you wouldn't if you've had the luck that i've had
why would a chicken cross the road
if he's already seen this episode?

you think that it's time i grew a backbone
i think that it's safer to be all alone
rejection's like a carousel
if you need me, i'll be in my shell

and the light turns yellow
and the light turns green
but all i can see is red
all i can see is red

and all i can see is you saying goodbye
and all i can see is the tears that i'll cry
and all i can see is the end of our rope
and all i can see is our last shred of hope
swirling and circling and circling and swirling
the gaping mouth of an open drain

my friends say you're giving me the walk sign
i think i'm heading for a land mine
i've been down this road before
insert a witty metaphor
cause i'm through.

end.

red©2003 by frank caravella

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