Name: Tra-La-La
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Description: sometimes I say 'i love you' really fast. like, faster than is socially acceptable.

Tra-La-La

from Clocks and Hearts Keep Going by Tanya Davis

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sometimes I say 'i love you' really fast. like, faster than is socially acceptable.

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When I was just a little girl
I learned what I could do with words
And when I became a teenager
I learned that love was a strong word
And when I got into my twenties
How I longed to touch the world
But I had learned some about loving
For instance you can’t just throw around the word

Now when I find myself falling in
I am also overalanyzing
And the things the world has trained me in
Includes holding your words in
So I'm studying the dots on your skiin
Silently I tell them
Words too little words too big
Words try to interpret things

And if I scare you off with language from my thoughts
How about instead I say
Tra-la-la
Tra-lala
Tra-la-la
Tra-la-la

When I out my hands upon you
Do you understand the language they use
And when my eyes you are looking into
Do you see an alphabet unscrambling for you
So why then must I bide my time
My words wait till it is safe and smooth
And if I talk in nonsense meanwhile
Do you still here what is coming thru

Di di di di di di di di di di da
Da da da d ad ad ad ad a da do
Do do do do do do do do do di
Di di di di di i love you
Da da da da da da

And if I scare you off with language from my thoughts
How about instead I say
Tra-la-la...

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from Clocks and Hearts Keep Going, released November 19, 2010

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Tanya Davis Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island

Tanya Davis is a writer and artist living on Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island. She writes poems, songs, monologues, speeches, and other things.

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