I Got You
Split Enz
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I got you
That's all I want
I won't forget
That's a whole lot
I don't go out
Not now that you're in
Sometimes we shout
But that's no problem
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes
And can tell that I'm not lyin'
Look at you
You're a pageant
You're everything
That I've imagined
But somethin's wrong
I feel uneasy
You show me
Tell me you're not teasing
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes
You can tell that I'm not lying
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes
You can tell me you're not lying
There's no doubt
Not when I'm with you
When I'm without
I stay in my room
Where do you go?
I get no answer
You're always out
It gets on my nerves!
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes
And tell that I'm not lying
But I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes
And tell me you're not lying
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes
And tell that I'm not lying
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This song felt like a promise in 1979,
when it came out; and it feels still like a promise
today, almost half a century later.
In '79 it was all different and it caught my ear.
It whispered a promise of a new decade and some truly
amazing music.
Which happened.
U2 was about to burst on the scene.
Punk was about to hit its stride.
MTV was about to explode.
Big hair.
Bigger egos.
Limos and make-up and dressing in drag.
By itself, however, this song felt like innocence
and growing up and having a painful crush.
It still does.
We spend our entire adult lives
working as hard as we can being adults
without ever considering what "being adult"
actually entails.
We've been sold a toxic bill of goods,
and the cost has been not just our
innocence, but our entire biosphere.
Something to think about.
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Digital Art: Sixty Degrees and Sunny by yours truly
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