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You're Not Listening

from First Person Singular by Robin Tymm

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You’re not listening....you’d rather talk and drink a beer
I don’t know why I bothered playing here
You’re not listening....there’s fruit-machines and pool and cards
And football on the T.V. by the bar
You’re not listening....you’d sooner have the jukebox play
Than hear a single word I have to say
You’re not listening....you’re not listening

You’re not listening....perhaps you’re next to play this room
You’re running lines and getting into tune
You’re not listening....you wonder if there’s time to spare
For that last minute visit to you know where
You’re not listening....just hoping that I crash and burn
So the audience is grateful when it’s your turn
You’re not listening....you’re not listening

BRIDGE
So what rights are there for me, you break no laws that I can mention
Never be no guarantee of your undivided attention
So I guess I’ll have to take the next best thing
Oh, but it’s hard to play when you’re hardly listening

You’re not listening....you’re ironing shirts and mopping floors
I’m background music to your daily chores
You’re not listening....an iTunes play is the best I get
I’m shuffled as you surf the internet
You’re not listening....you think concentration asks too much
You use music just to fill the silence up
You’re not listening....you’re not listening
You’re not listening
You’re not
You’re not
You’re not listening

© 2010 Robin Tymm
29th August 2010

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from First Person Singular, released November 10, 2018

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