Tell Me
Tell me
Am I good enough today?
Did I smile enough today?
Was I friendly enough today?
I put on a silly mask
So my friends will smile and stick around
With my mantra running through my head
‘Smile, smile, smile, smile’
I keep a happy even tone
Their standing on the bank talking
Not noticing that I am afloat
I talk and laugh as, ever so slowly
With a fine steel paddle in my hand
I am rowing out into a red velvet sea
Drifting a little bit farther from land
And no one sees me leaving
As long as they can hear my voice
Their sure that I am just fine
Tell me
If they turned around at just the right time
At the worst possible moment
As reeds part and my sleeves ride up
As a light shines on a closed door habit
What would they think?
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