RESCUE ME
RESCUE ME... FROM MY PAIN AND STRIFE
FROM MY PATHETIC LIFE WITHOUT FAME OR FORTUNE
RESCUE ME... FROM MY RELATIONS
FROM MY MOTHERS TRICKS AND MANIPULATIONS
AND I DANCED TO THE SPARKLE IN YOUR EYES
NEVER EVEN KNOWING MY LIES
RESCUE ME... I MIGHT NEVER HAVE A DATE
SUFFER A SPINSTERS FATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT
AND THIS JOB THAT HOLDS ME DOWN
PLEASE TAKE ME FROM THIS TOWN
FOR ALL OF THIS, I KEEP YOU AROUND
TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS FROM TODAY
I'LL SIT AND WONDER HOW TO SAY
I DON'T NEED YOU AROUND...
TO RESCUE ME... WHO WILL BE MY DINNER COMPANION?
WHO WILL TAKE THE BLAME WHEN I'M WRONG?
WHO CAN I SAY KEPT ME FROM FOLLOWING MY DREAMS?
© Leslie Frederick 1999