“Time’s A-wasting'” by Jude Lally

While everyone I know
.                                       is gettin’ married
.                                       or havin’ kids

I’m startin’ over
I lost my baby, my lady
.                                      lover     best friend
.                                      significant other

just when I was
.                          comin’ close to
.                                                                                   settlin’ slowin’ down
.                                                                     closin’ up shop

I realized I was makin’ a big mistake—
(well what other kind would be worth mentionin’?!)

.                                                                  what I needed was
.             `                                                    another lover a new best friend

and if she’da been my significant other
what would that’a made me: insignificant?

The way I figure it
.                                I deserve better deserve a lady
.                           ain’t gettin’ stuck with no baby

and sure ain’t settlin’ for someone crazy! no sir-ee.
it’s my life we’re talkin’

.                                      which is short already
.                                      least that’s what they say

but they say a lot, don’t they?
they say I’ve already lived mine half way—

.                                                                             (yep, God’s sure got a god-
.                                                                                 damn twisted sense’a humor,
.                                                                             don’t he?)

-Jude Lally

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