Digging Into the Beatles' Mind

How much sorrow can you take,
when all you think of is true joy?
Very lonely but not hopeless
until another sunrise comes...
you will be wishing, wide-awake,
for the sweet lips of that young boy!


O lonely girl listening to music and imagining love,
you shouldn't get wings and turn into a dove,
because boys don't believe in keeping promises...
they find another foolish girl somewhere else!
O lonely girl barely fourteen refrain from desire,
that desire that can only end up in dire!


It's okay to dream as teens do to vent their rage,  
it's fine to have a fantasy and wait for the phone to ring;  
and it's quite normal to think of boys at this age,
but be warned of the first heartbreak from a tender wink,
it may lead to something you are not ready for,
so keep on dreaming and shut that darn door!


Towards midnight you hear his voice again and feel fine,
it must be one of those dreams when he says, " Little doll,
you are the prettiest one among others so slim and tall!"
And he goes on, " I made you a promise you'll be all mine!"
Oh, dreamer so innocent: a pillow case is all you hold,
he's not yours by any means...he's a teaser and way too old!  
 

Your silly head is listening to the song he wrote,
a lovely love song he sent to your cellphone,
falling in love is not learned from a romance book:
words mislead and confuse the ones who are alone;
you may love him dearly, but all he does is using you for his own delight... 
he may love you, but he'll sing his song to someone who's not too bright.       


Inspired by the following songs:

Across The Universe
Lady Madonna
Lucille
Lonely Rita
Blackbird
Northern Song
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
October 24, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations on your win in Tracie's "sing a song for me" contest Andrew. Love, Carol
Sweetheart Avatar
October 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Congrats Andrew on a fabulous win with these great song choices for this cool contest my friend...luv...
Dietrich Avatar
October 10, 2011 at 2:47 AM
A good morality lesson inside your song, Andrew. Gosh, I never would have caught lines from all those songs. Clever how you got them in. Thanks for your lovely comments to me. Luv, Andrea
Jones Avatar
October 9, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Norwegian Wood? Michelle MaBelle? Lucy in the Sky?,,,, the possibilities are endless!! Def dig me some fab fours, thanks for the post. Beauty day!~N
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