Poet (from the Ballroom Streets - CD)

Words and Music by Melanie Safka Schekeryk

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I am not a poet, living is the poem
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I am not a singer, I am in the song
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And I have got a story that I cannot write down
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And I'm with you but I'll always be alone
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Every note's an answer, every word's a sign
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Every man's a dancer, following his own time
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I've found a tearful language that translates what I am
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And I cried out loud, but you didn't understand
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I cried so hard I may never try again
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I may never try again

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I may never, I may never try

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Cleansing in the water, heal me in the light
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Mend you ageless daughter, I've been awake all night
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'Cause if your sands are shifting, I'll need to know what I forgot

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I don't want too much, but I need an awful lot Oh oh oh oh oh
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I cried so hard I may never try again
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I may never try, may never cry, I may never try again

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Yeah yeah yeah

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