The Manuscript

[00:19.88] Now and then she rereads the manuscript

[00:24.45] Of the entire torrid affair

[00:29.76] They compared their licenses

[00:32.15] He said, "I'm not a donor but

[00:34.81] I'd give you my heart if you needed it"

[00:39.66] She rolled her eyes and said

[00:41.79] "You're a professional"

[00:44.98] He said, "No, just a good samaritan"

[00:50.02] He said that if the sex was half as good as the conversation was

[00:55.07] Soon they'd be pushin' strollers

[00:58.79] But soon it was over

[01:20.30] In the age of him, she wished she was thirty

[01:25.09] And made coffee every morning in a French press

[01:30.40] Afterwards she only ate kids' cereal

[01:35.45] And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed

[01:40.76] Then she dated boys who were her own age

[01:45.36] With dart boards on the backs of their doors

[01:50.69] She thought about how he said since she was so wise beyond her years

[01:56.00] Everything had been above board

[01:59.45] She wasn't sure

[02:20.44] And the years passed

[02:23.09] Like scenes of a show

[02:25.48] The professor said to write what you know

[02:30.26] Lookin' backwards

[02:33.45] Might be the only way to move forward

[02:40.62] Then the actors

[02:43.28] Were hitting their marks

[02:45.41] And the slow dance

[02:48.06] Was alight with the sparks

[02:50.45] And the tears fell

[02:53.37] In synchronicity with the score

[03:00.81] And at last

[03:03.47] She knew what the agony had been for

[03:11.97] The only thing that's left is the manuscript

[03:16.22] One last souvenir from my trip to your shores

[03:22.06] Now and then I reread the manuscript

[03:26.58] But the story isn't mine anymore