The Witness
\nby cricketjeff on October 23, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nYour lips insist you’re happy
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nYour eyes say that’s a lie
\nYour voice is never snappy
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nI hear behind the sigh
\nYou wait for his attention
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nHe doesn’t seem to see
\nYou know his true intention
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nThat truth can’t set you free<\/p>\n
It’s hard to love a man who loves another
\nIt’s hard to see him throw his life away
\nHe loves you as a sister or a mother
\nBut that is not the way you need to play<\/p>\n
You smile and watch him leaving
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nYou want him by your side
\nHe never sees you grieving
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nFrom me you cannot hide
\nI see the way life pains you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and
\nI know about your heart
\nThe life you’re living strains you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and
\nIt’s tearing you apart<\/p>\n
You cannot cure the blindness of another
\nYou cannot drive him down a better way
\nNot even if you really were his mother
\nCould you persuade him how he ought to play<\/p>\n
In time perhaps he’ll see you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nThere is no way to know
\nAnd maybe love will free you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 but
\nSuch thoughts need time to grow
\nI’ll always stand behind you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and
\nPretend you don’t pretend
\nAnd I shall never mind you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ’cause
\nYou’ll always be my friend<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nI have absolutely no idea where this comes from!
\nThe “I” is certainly not me and the “you” and the “he” are unknown to me, but I
\nlike the way it sounds, I think it is probably a song, but I can’t write the
\nmusic for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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