Lyric Dan, My Fling
(Jacob Brackman/Fred Gardner)
I said that I felt jailed up
As if our doors were nailed up
I said I needed separate places,
Parties, room to move around in.
I said I needed my fling
Had to get out and do some other thing.
It took me months to calculate
That I had nothing left without you-
(Chorus)
Dan, my fling is all flung out
Now I ve got to fall back on dreams
I thought I d try and write you
I thought I d try and phone you
I thought I d try to tell you
That I smell your hair still on my pillow
But you d just mile to please me
You d shake your head, you d tease me -
Remind me it was I who first claimed
That we both required freedom
(Chorus)I d dream up schemes to meet you,
I d nonchalantly greet you,
I d ask you up for coffee
Anytime you had an hour open.
You say you like my hair long,
You ask me if I ve written any new songs,
You d laugh, you d turn and cross the street
And leave me dizzy with your laughter -
(Chorus)
I hear you re leaving this town,
You and some girl gonna travel around,
You bought a car with foldback seats,
you ll camp out by the lakes and forests.
I lie alone in our old bed,
Your laughter it s echoin inside my head.
I close my eyes, I smell your hair
It s like I haven t slept in years -
(Chorus)
I said that I felt jailed up
As if our doors were nailed up
I said I needed separate places,
Parties, room to move around in.
I said I needed my fling
Had to get out and do some other thing.
It took me months to calculate
That I had nothing left without you-
(Chorus)
Dan, my fling is all flung out
Now I ve got to fall back on dreams
I thought I d try and write you
I thought I d try and phone you
I thought I d try to tell you
That I smell your hair still on my pillow
But you d just mile to please me
You d shake your head, you d tease me -
Remind me it was I who first claimed
That we both required freedom
(Chorus)I d dream up schemes to meet you,
I d nonchalantly greet you,
I d ask you up for coffee
Anytime you had an hour open.
You say you like my hair long,
You ask me if I ve written any new songs,
You d laugh, you d turn and cross the street
And leave me dizzy with your laughter -
(Chorus)
I hear you re leaving this town,
You and some girl gonna travel around,
You bought a car with foldback seats,
you ll camp out by the lakes and forests.
I lie alone in our old bed,
Your laughter it s echoin inside my head.
I close my eyes, I smell your hair
It s like I haven t slept in years -
(Chorus)