Rid of You
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Poem inspired by lyrics of THE WAY IT IS by Glenn Hughes. Unfortunately I cannot find a code on this one to embed it, but i hope the link at least works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHo4HhNCz3Q
Rid of You
You were an anchor tied to my feet
sinking me down into your dark sea.
You thought that I could not be complete
without you, but wow! Now I can be me.
It’s great to be free of your frustrating ways:
all your sulking and moaning and putting me down.
You brought me a world in mere varying grays -
like days filled with rain in which I might drown.
Chorus:
Rid of you, rid of you. Now I feel great.
It’s like from my shoulders was lifted a weight.
I bet that to me you weren’t even true.
Better is no one than someone like you.
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The sun feels much warmer now on my skin.
The grass now seems greener and bluer is sky.
How trusting was I to once let you in.
Watch me now, Boy; I’m going to fly.
A lark I can be, and my bright song
will be my incentive wherever I go
to not let a man again do me wrong.
With joy I’ll soar above the rainbow.
Chorus:
Rid of you, rid of you. Now I feel great.
It’s like from my shoulders was lifted a weight.
I bet that to me you weren’t even true.
Better is no one than someone like you.
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Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2024
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