Drunk On A Dream (2005)

imagine an angel
drunk on a dream
life is so hard
for this lovely girl

why does she have to suffer
for her art?
pain is just part of the program
she would say

cigarette smoke shimmers
as she takes a drag
it's her only relief
from the constant jetlag

everyone stares at her
when she sits alone
with every stare she gets
she starts to break

like a fragile glass
thrown to the floor
ready to meet its fate
a thousand little pieces

can't I just be left alone?
why won't you let me be?
i just don't get
what you see in me

her eyes seem to talk back
to the people that see
the girl that she tries
so hard to be

imagine an angel...

drunk on a dream
high on life
a slave to the music
that's shaped her life



© Allyson Yates, 2005