STEPPED OUT OF THE DREAM
STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM, FALL APART AT THE SEAMS,
CONFUSIN' MY NEEDS WITH WHAT'S IN MY HEART
LIFE HAD GOT MEAN, AND IN EVERYTHING I'D SEEN,
I'D PRETEND I GOT THE MEANING RIGHT FROM THE START
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, I NEVER CRY,
I ONLY DENY THE MEANINGFUL PARTS
STEPPIN' OUT OF THE PAST, STUFF I THOUGHT WOULD LAST,
GOT OLD REAL FAST, I WISH I KNEW
COULD-A STRAPPED ME TO THE MAST, I DO NOTHIN' HALF-ASSED,
I'D DO IT WITH PASSION UNTIL I'M THROUGH
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, I NEVER CRY,
I ONLY DENY WHAT I COULDN'T DO
STEPPIN' INTO THE LIGHT, I KNOW IT'S RIGHT
I'M TIRED OF FIGHTING WHAT I CAN BE
I THINK I MIGHT, JUST GET IT RIGHT,
IF I QUIT HIDING WHAT'S INSIDE OF ME
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, I NEVER CRY,
BUT I'M DONE DENYIN' WHAT I WANT TO BE
© Leslie Frederick 1999