Unrequited Something from Yestermorrow by Jim Higgins

One night in June last May

I met my special lady
I told her she had lovely eyes
She said I smelled like gravy

And heretofore forevermore
I pledge devotion to her
No river high
No mountain deep
I’d crawl an ocean to her

And here it becomes clear
This unrequited something
That I’m feeling
Has got me reeling
When she’s near

She said I weren’t too bright
I weren’t too literary
So I took some cash to my bookstore
And stole a dictionary

I brought it home
And wrote this poem
With which I might impress her
A rose is red
A violet…
Now I undress her

And here it becomes clear
This unrequited something
That I’m feeling
Has got me reeling
When she’s near
When she’s near

Say what you want
I just don’t care
Call it a one-way street affair
Hell, I’m just about
But not quite yet
Still half the way
To almost barely there

I’d like to tell you
That this tale ends “ever after”
Is it only just beginning
Or all over but the laughter

I saw her then
But never again
And I’m back here looking for her
I know that word
I’ve overheard
It means that I adore her

And here it becomes clear
This unrequited something
That I’m feeling
Has got me reeling
Got me mumblin’
Got me bumblin’
Got me stumblin’
Got me humblin’
When she’s near

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