Lyrics

Oh, Just Take Me Away


No, it isn?t old age---even though sometimes I feel I?m barely alive,
Pushing thirty-five,
And it isn?t the trade---though many times I?ll catch my eyes on the door---
No, it?s something more.

And it isn?t the love I know I?ve missed in marriage and occasional flings,
Like a cat with a string,
It?s just the feeling that my---my life---has never been all it could be,
And in trances I see
Pre-school scenes of dancing in the rain,
Slipping, sliding, laughing damn the pain
And the pictures come so fast it takes my breath away,
But when I get my feet to the floor,
God, I wish there had been more.

Oh, just take me away and let me start all over again.
Oh, just take me away and let me start all over again.

For the love of a child I packed these things---no meaning in reality now.
For there isn?t the time to sort through the mess and try to find what I was before
I put a lock on the door.
Watching as my child plays in the sand,
Wide-eyed as the ocean blasts the land
And I can?t feel the wonder shining in her eyes
Living my life to survive
The next wave never arrives

Oh, just take me away and let me start all over again.
Oh, just take me away and let me start all over again.
Oh, just take me away . . .


©2004 Leighton Christopher-Smith (pseudonym for Robert Mendonsa)
Original Title, ?Caroline at Thirty-Four?
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