THE ONE YOU LIKE
I stand beside your absence
hoping that you might come
my words you never listen
even when I put them right
your moves are calculated
your beauty is profound
I’m not the one
the one you like.
My mournful life continues
hard work can’t strike me down
I know it’ll come to nothing
seems like you’ll never have time
someday I will forget you
meanwhile I could lose my mind
‘cause I’m not the one
the one you like.
You found your man
you take his hand
and show me what it looks like
the end
it strikes me down
it knocks me down
‘cause I thought you were the one
I’ve been waiting for so long
so long
too long
I go out with my best friend
we drink a beer or two
I try not to think about
the troubles I’ve been through
our few in vain spent moments
will be lost oblivion
no I’m not the one
the one you like.
(M. Petrak)