What does it take for you to read the signs,
Of my designs ?
Does it take a billboard poster,
Or perhaps to write it on the work’s roster,
Wave it on a flag from a roller coaster.
Chorus
If you can’t read the look on my face,
Babe, you should really get out of this place !
Maybe I shout scream and shout,
Telling you, that’s not what love is all about ?
Put it on a badge on my coat ?
Can’t you read the signs, saying that I did love once, but now
I want out.
That the smile on my face, has now fizzled out.
Put it on a message in a bottle, and hope that is can float.
Chorus
Can’t you understand, what I’m tryin’ to say,
That where there once was romance,
But now you no longer brighten my day.
Honey, things were once so sweet,
Now, I’m kickin’ you out on the street,
Write it on my computer, then delete.
Chorus
Maybe I should paint it in a picture,
Telling you, your love potion is one helluva mixture ?
That I’m left feeling like fittings and fixtures ?
Shout it so loud, you can read it in ricters ?
Should I put it in a letter,
Telling you how to make ya’ love better ?
Chorus
Should I paint a message, on the wall,
Telling you I’ve had enough of it all ?
Pin a banner to the house, big, not small,
Write a book all about it, and the pain when you don’t call,
Advertise it in the news, but it won’t be a surprise to know,
That you no longer love me and all you want is for me to go.
Chorus
Darlin’, do you hear me ?
What does it take for you to see ?
Should I pin it to a tree ?
Or post flyers around town, absolutely, for free,
Saying that there’s no longer the same passion,
Between you and me … (repeat to fade).
© Jacqueline Richards 2008
