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You're Not A Poet

from Treehouse by Hugh Wilson & The Blue Phoenix

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So there I was one morning
watching as the cars slipped by
when I stopped and said to myself
'what's the point I have to try
to take along a book and try to rhyme'

But as I opened my book,
I tried to find some empty lines
As I turned through mounds of garbage
guess what I had to find?
A poem that you wrote, saying you were fine
Without me in your life all the time

One thing is bugging me today
It's not your writing
It's not the things you have to say
Or where you're going
I guess there's just one way to say
What I've been feeling
You're not a poet anyway
Yeah...

So there I was that evening
going for a moonlit drive
but when I turned on the radio
guess what I had to find
A song that you wrote saying you had time
for everybody's love
but never mine

One thing is bugging me today
It's not your singing
It's not the instruments you play
Or what you're doing
I guess there's just one way to say
What I've been feeling
You're not a poet anyway
Yeah...

And I know it's true

One thing is haunting me today
It's not your writing
It's not the instruments you play
Or where you're going
I guess there's just one way to say
What I've been feeling
You're not a poet anyway
Yeah...

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from Treehouse, released January 1, 1995
Written by Hugh

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