the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls

e.e. cummings

the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls
are unbeautiful and have comfortable minds
(also, with the church's protestant blessings
daughters,unscented shapeless spirited)
they believe in Christ and Longfellow, both dead,
are invariably interested in so many things—
at the present writing one still finds
delighted fingers knitting for the is it Poles?
perhaps. While permanent faces coyly bandy
scandal of Mrs. N and Professor D
.... the Cambridge ladies do not care, above
Cambridge if sometimes in its box of
sky lavender and cornerless, the
moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy

DEMO || The Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls - e.e. cummings

if I had to, I'd walk

Lyrics:

My baby’s got a ten-speed bike
Rides it anywhere he likes 
Rides it anywhere still open
But he can’t be with me 

My baby’s got a ten-speed bike
Rides it all around his city
Used to hold me, say I’m pretty
Now he can’t be with me 

I’d take a train or plane or car or bus
He’s so far away, and I can’t go one more day
But still, I know the two of us 
We make each other stronger, and it can’t go that much longer 

My baby’s got to stay inside
“That’s the rules,” the people cry
My baby’s got to stay inside
And he can’t be with me 

My baby’s got slow internet 
So I can’t see him clearly yet 
So we play Scrabble online instead
And he can’t be with me 

I’d take a train or plane or car or bus
’Cause he’s so far away, and I can’t go one more day
But still, I know the two of us 
We make each other stronger, and it won’t go that much longer 

I’m trying hard to bridge the gap 
Phone calls, letters and all that 
But that’s just not where my heart’s at
When he can’t be with me 

I wish I didn’t love him so
Even though my heart has grown 
For right now, I feel so alone
When he can’t be with me 
When he can’t be with me

But my baby’s got a ten-speed bike
Rides it anywhere he likes 
Rides it anywhere still open 
Rides it anywhere they let him 
But he can’t be with –

Tell me it won’t go that much longer 
Tell me it won’t go that much longer 
Tell me it won’t go that much longer
Cause he can’t be with me

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Music and Lyrics by Clare Maguire
Vocals, Keyboards, Ukulele, and Electronics by Clare Maguire
Production by Clare Maguire

Ten Speed Bike

singer-songwriter from truro, ns || studying and playing in sackville, nb || writing about people i love, places i cherish, and things i feel ||

Clare Siobhan