Ma all the other options
that you had in mind
starve me
Cause I'm optionless
and turkey-free and blind
Pa won't you listen
and I'll let you in on this
Blind me won't you listen
I'll reduce advice to dust
Oh no
I shouldn't have to spell
my name
Ma if it's worth
the made up smiles
the quiet fights
Oh mother
it is hard not to look
in the mirror's eye
I have come to this
while you have come along
So it's alright
if you change your mind
the other way around again
I shouldn't have to spell
my name
So start
the two way monologues
that speak your mind
We're talking
two way monologues
with words that rhyme
We we can't reclaim
the shirts
we threw away last twirl
Uncurl the note-in-pocket
personal brochures that dust
Machine-washed
that's how paper rusts
Days you spend wanting some
of Michael Landon's grace
Strike back
now they shape your life
as stony as his face
Oh no
I shouldn't have to spell
his name
So start
the two way monologues
that speak your mind
We're talking
two way monologues
with words that rhyme
So start
the two way monologues
that speak your mind
We're talking
two way monologues
We were chasing rabbits
on the hill
And that prairie-life
was great
but never real
Cause we never saw
no rabbits out there
ever no not once
All we did
was put a fire up
and watch it
burn for months
And I miss the sound
of stairs and walls
and maladjusted doors
And too little space
for holding all the soldiers
and the war
So start
the two way monologues
that speak your mind
So start
the two way monologues
that speak your mind
We're talking
two way monologues