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Cupid's Eye Patch

from Jump Roping in Chains by Michelle Lynn Ptacek

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Cupid's Eye Patch

don’t say you didn’t see it coming

I don’t understand the first thing
about the way you’re put together
giving mind body and soul
not necessarily in that order
as we recklessly run fly by night
one on one to what we should be wise enough
to run away from

I was wondering kind of sort of a little bit
could you possibly get out of me what I want
downslide or upswing
heads cocked to the side eyes wide and grinning
taking delight in the nagging possibilities
I’m really just a prisoner jump roping in my chains
trying to beat you hands down at social charades
innocent enough behind all these words
but sometimes I think you hope
I get what you deserve

(refrain)
was this a coincidence
can we pass it off as an accident
since when has your aim been
to get the hit or miss waiting to happen
when it’s not that I block your vision
or you block mine
just tell me why can’t we see
we’re blind

should I say sorry I opened my mouth
nothing good came out of it
we’re out of touch tied in tongue standing now
who means to make it hard if it’s not where it counts

are you trying to confuse me with your little rules about
how what guard goes up in time must come down
whether you talk your way out
or you talk your way through
the facts get bigger as they get closer
like most things do

(refrain)

cupid’s got an eye patch
don’t say you didn’t see it

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from Jump Roping in Chains, released November 15, 2005
Engineered & Mixed by Harold Pederson
at Studio of Dreams in Mabel, MN
Mastered by Justin LeBreck
at JPL Records in Cary, IL

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Michelle Lynn Ptacek Decorah, Iowa

Here you will find Michelle's first five albums. She will soon record her history songs: The Inventors, The Explorers, and The Interrupted. Please sign up for the newsletter on her website for notifications.

Michelle owns an online education business and loves teaching in a variety of mediums about topics relevant to curious and passionate learners. ... more

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