how it`s goin` down.

april showers
bring the may flowers
cherry blossom trees
pop up about.
light & dewy
rainy, dainty
walk about
umbrellas ready.

oh, no more books
time to say good-bye
when tears fall steady
& hugs sure help.
i`m gonna miss
seeing you each day
why couldn`t i,
simply stay & say:

so maybe all those rumors
out about the school
could somehow be
just how it`s goin` down.
like, whenever i see ya`
or when i happen to be
the only one around;
my heart begins to flutter
& i don`t know what to do.

i`ve heard people say
'oh, he likes ya`, too'
how am i to know
what, & how you feel?
maybe this won`t work
`cause, we just don`t talk
i`ve seen you look,
cast a glance,
between the crowd-
at me.

boy, don`t you know
that i`m thirteen? a girl.
& when you play this
hard-to-get,
dreamy,
within reach,
out of my so far,
but nearly there grasp;
you`ve gotten my hope up
only to push it back down?

oh, you`re sincerely, truly
driving my mind
up & down the wall
i want to smile, yet i`ve
wasted
the only chance i had.
she was right, i must confess;

all those rumors
out about the school
yea, they seem to be
just how it`s goin` down.
whenever i see you
& when i happen to be
the only one around;
my heart begins to flutter
& i don`t know what to do.

maybe next year
(if you remember)
we could try & be together
because you know i`m
goin` crazy,
goin` crazy over you.
summer`s gonna be just about
the biggest,
haziest,
mind-boggling,
time of my life.
all because of the time
you know, the one in
seventh grade
i couldn`t work it up
& say;

'so maybe i like ya` too much,
this is how it`s goin` down,
please, just tell me
you feel the same way.
tell me that you want me.'


& you`d be that boy
who made
that seventh grade,
fluttered heart,
with the mind up a wall,
GIRL
calm down,
grab your hand
& fall head over feet
in love with you.