Curly Head

Listen to me love
I know you think I'm giving up
On all these glamorously broken dreams
In favor of a new machine
But you make it look so easy
I see puzzles you see pieces
I just wish I could believe in anything
The way that you believe in me

Once again I played my songs for them
They act like nothing's happening
I’m spilling out my heart
And they don't realize at all
But when I stray from all these melodies
He shakes that curly head at me
And says Girl will forget the fame
Be humble and remember why you came

Sometimes I don’t put my whole heart into
The things that matter most do you
Forgive me now for giving up
As long as I believe in me and you
I burn my buildings down with
Fire from my fear of failing
But something's always kept me coming back
When it comes to you

© Mary Ellen Adkins