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She walked straight up and elite

but she masked a hidden grief.

She was moving fast, forcing her laugh,

too much smoke with her heat.

Like desire that's gone mad

her soul was never still

but my dry eyes she unclad

and kept my bent heart thrilled.



I knew she owed her life's cares

to a man that was married

but he kept her dreams so impaired

she'd smile a smile so weary

and she longed to speak with a voice

where she could show off her respect

but she never got to make the choice

and she suffered from neglect.



One night on my old house boat she said;

"I just want to love someone

I want to change my scene.

I just want to love someone

who'll give their heart to me.

I want to love someone

and love them day and night,

I need to love someone

cause my heart's not working right."



So I'd try to stroke her sore heart chords

and ease the pain she'd reaped

but she'd turn off as I was getting close

and stare away from me.

I could hear her heart when we'd begin

my slow hands would shake her voice

and I'd speak soft cares to give her room

but distance was her choice.



Then we met one night on the old house boat

her face was blank unsure.

So we sat on the deck and she let it out

like rain her heart thoughts poured

and the mind she spilled gave me a chill

and I could feel her childlike hopes.

She said she had a new dream to fill

but she looked so down and out.



So I asked her how her dream would happen

because I knew she'd come so clean.

So she said she left the empty mess

to take a chance on me.

She said she was tired and lonely

and she'd try her heart with me

and if we became like one and only

she'd bring new life to seed.

Well, she looked so pure and simple

that I took her in my arms

and in my ear she whispered gentle

with a voice so damned disarmed.



"I just want to love someone

I want to change my scene.

I just want to love someone

who'll give their heart to me.

I want to love someone

and love them day and night,

I need to love someone

cause my heart's not working right."



That was the day she came to stay!