Lyrics

THE NEXT DAY
by Randi McMatthew

I was foolin? with my jacket, staring at the door
Listening to the racket of the dancers on the floor
You sat down beside me, grinning like a kid
People say you like me; well, I always thought you did
And I would start this conversation if I knew just what to say
But seein? as I didn?t, I turned the other way.

CHORUS:
I?m on my way
It?s what I like to say
With my house and my car
And my friends and my frog and my fish.

But something you said really caught my attention
And a couple of moves that are too sweet to mention
We?re so much alike I ought?a use a little caution
And try to keep track if it?s me or you talkin?
I could?a stayed home; hey, who would have guessed?
I?d spend half the evening laughin? with my face buried in your chest?

REPEAT CHORUS
I?m on my way
It?s what I like to say
With my house and my car
And my friends and my frog and my fish.


I?m not lookin? for a man who is witty, wild or wealthy
I?d give the shirt off my back for one emotionally healthy
The word about town is you?re wise and you?re tender
But I think I ought?a think before I leap or surrender
I?m callin? on the stars and all of creation
Are you the man of my dreams or his reincarnation?
I?m on my way.


BRIDGE
But the next day? I caught it on a sort of mental replay
The next day? exactly what it was you tried to say.
I tried hard to ignore what I heard the night before
But, believe me, I sure heard it, the next day.

The next day? I heard all about it, the next day.
The next day? never, ever was I loved that way.
There?s no way I could ignore what went on the night before
It came washing down around me, the next day.

Copyright 1999 Randi McMatthew
Diamond Bar Music Publishing