7 Years

written while living on Conselyea St in Williamsburg Brooklyn
Appears on the album "It's All True"
©p2000 There's Been A Publishing, ASCAP

A look in your eyes
Makes me swear I know you,
But I haven't looked that way for so long now.
If I could run, I would run you over
To our favorite spot to have some seven years.
But I just remembered all the things I owe you.

Seven years is all I need to grow up.
Seven years will help me fill these shoes.
Look around us at this great big rut.
I woke to find my lines were cut
And every single person wants to know just when and where.
Tell them, there's no more rehearsin' or just tell them I don't care.
Cause I'm out here with my fake book and my fears for seven years. /P>

I'll never forget
When you said you loved me;
Somewhere in the year before we said goodbye.
I'm willing to bet,
But that's not what I'm asking.
It's just that you could never tell a simple lie.
If I could just remember what it was you told me.
(chorus)

Give me a break.
Give me all your broken
Dreams you never wanted in the first place and,
By my left hand,
I will write you back words
That I never dare to say into the phone.
People left alone could handle one another.
(chorus)