The Manuscript

[00:20.27] Now and then, she rereads the manuscript

[00:25.09] Of the entire torrid affair

[00:30.43] They compared their licenses

[00:32.55] He said, "I'm not a donor but

[00:35.47] I'd give you my heart if you needed it"

[00:40.52] She rolled her eyes and said

[00:42.12] "You're a professional"

[00:45.30] He said, "No, just a good samaritan"

[00:50.63] He said that if the sex was half as good

[00:53.55] As the conversation was

[00:55.68] Soon, they'd be pushin' strollers

[00:59.39] But, soon, it was over

[01:02.05] .

[01:20.65] In the age of him, she wished she was thirty

[01:25.70] And made coffee every morning

[01:28.35] In a Frеnch press

[01:31.01] Afterwards, she only atе kids' cereal

[01:35.79] And couldn't sleep unless

[01:37.38] It was in her mother's bed

[01:41.36] Then she dated boys who were her own age

[01:45.88] With dart boards on the backs of their doors

[01:51.19] She thought about how he said

[01:53.32] Since she was so wise beyond her years

[01:56.25] Everything had been above board

[01:59.97] She wasn't sure

[02:02.88] .

[02:20.94] And the years passed like scenes of a show

[02:25.73] The professor said to write what you know

[02:30.77] Lookin' backwards

[02:33.97] Might be the only way to move forward

[02:37.69] .

[02:40.87] Then the actors were hitting their marks

[02:45.65] And the slow dance was alight with the sparks

[02:50.96] And the tears fell

[02:54.15] In synchronicity with the score

[02:58.13] .

[03:01.07] And at last

[03:03.99] She knew what the agony had been for

[03:07.71] .

[03:12.23] The only thing that's left is the manuscript

[03:16.74] One last souvenir from my trip to your shores

[03:22.32] Now and then, I reread the manuscript

[03:27.36] But the story isn't mine anymore

[03:32.15] .