The Manuscript

[00:19.03] Now and then she rereads the manuscript

[00:24.57] Of the entire torrid affair

[00:29.58] They compared their licenses

[00:32.33] He said, "I'm not a donor but

[00:34.83] I'd give you my heart if you needed it"

[00:40.08] She rolled her eyes and said

[00:41.83] "You're a professional"

[00:44.83] He said, "No, just a good samaritan"

[00:50.08] He said that if the sex was half as good as the conversation was

[00:55.33] Soon they'd be pushin' strollers

[00:59.08] But soon it was over

[01:19.33] In the age of him, she wished she was thirty

[01:25.33] And made coffee every morning in a French press

[01:30.83] Afterwards she only ate kids' cereal

[01:34.96] And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed

[01:40.75] Then she dated boys who were her own age

[01:45.25] With dart boards on the backs of their doors

[01:50.75] She thought about how he said since she was so wise beyond her years

[01:56.06] Everything had been above board

[01:59.56] She wasn't sure

[02:19.85] And the years passed

[02:22.85] Like scenes of a show

[02:25.35] The Professor said to write what you know

[02:30.10] Lookin' backwards

[02:33.10] Might be the only way to move forward

[02:40.35] Then the actors

[02:42.92] Were hitting their marks

[02:45.67] And the slow dance

[02:48.18] Was alight with the sparks

[02:50.67] And the tears fell

[02:53.17] In synchronicity with the score

[03:00.10] And at last

[03:02.89] She knew what the agony had been for

[03:11.68] The only thing that's left is the manuscript

[03:15.97] One last souvenir from my trip to your shores

[03:21.96] Now and then I reread the manuscript

[03:26.71] But the story isn't mine anymore