THE GIRL IN THE VELVET BOOTS

4/19/2020

My beasts were too wild
The gestures too energetic
A life too mild
Too young to "get it"
Stereos and AMPs blaring too millennial for this

Like a treasure trove
My skeleton sits alone
Basking in strobe lights
Getting no attention tonight
It's as if the girl in velvet boots doesn't exist

There is no place here for she
The "me" is a misfit, there's no "we"
Why couldn't I see it before?
Yet, again, dragged 'cross the floor
As if I'm a raggedy mop
Well, now, I'm drying in a corner.

Great job, applause, encore
Seems like you've done this before
I can see it in your strut
So talented but can't be trusted
And these so called be-friends who aren't truly mine
They will take your side
I'm just a ghost who was obsessed
And dragged along within your mess
What did I do, why was I there, what was the point, it was a waste, there was no haste in your demise
It's guys like you whom I despise
And I abide to tell thy truth
About the things I went through
It's not a he said she said concept
It's about what's just not fair
All you had to do was talk
But all you did was walk
I see in your strut
So talented but can't be trusted
Seems like you've done this before
Great job, once again, applause, I'm bored

There's someone else out there who will love me more
I deserve to be adored
My heart won't stay torn over some basic encore
Seems like you've done this before
Great job, applause, don't get hit by the door
I'm so bored with not receiving when all I've ever done is give my all
and somehow I'm always the one taking the fall
If I could rewrite the things I said when it was goodbye, I wouldn't have begged for a real try

A true man by now has helped screw my head on straight
He even endured listening to my pain
The girl in the Velvet boots is not insane
She just needed someone to stand with her in her rain
And accept this maternal nature that at a time couldn't be suppressed
Because long long ago a boy brought out that so called mess
And what may have seemed to be obsession
Was just a girl learning how to love
And needing a man to teach her this
Because she wasn't raised with good influences

Seems like you haven't done that before
Let's see the strut now
Yeah no talent in that definitely no trust
I should have known it was all about being 21 and a velvet boot lust
Something to fill the void until your eyes met glass slippers, instead
Well, glass can break

Seems like you've done that before
But I wish you the best
Knowing about that was never my business
Anyway, I don't care if you thought I was a mess
Somebody should want someone to be healthily obsessed
To glow in true love is more than best
It's lucky if you find your true match and make it through life's tests
I never gave much credit to myself
I always thought I needed to do more
Great job, applause, encore to me
And cheers to strutting freely