Shot Me Down

A red-checkered table clothe in the park
The wine was once flowing now I’ve lost my mark
Ya, I got issues and I freeze
But did we not make love flying high with the breeze
Till you dropped me with such ease
You shot me down, down, down, down

You, you and I together
Till you shot me down
Till you shot me down, down, down, down, down
You, you and I forever
Till you shot me down
Till you shot me shot me down
Shot me down.

They say I blew it like a hole in my head
I should have bounced back but I was paralyzed instead
What if I were lame and my excuse it was physical
Does my bravery not count when my disease is not visible
So you shot me, shot me down. Shot me down

You said you want a re-write, but you won’t read my re-write
What am I to do? What am I to do, do, do, do?
I want to hear your story, but there ain’t no fracking story coming through
I can’t believe we’re through, through, through

I’m working hard as I fall through the atmosphere
This heat has melted me to the core
And I won’t last a day without hope I fear
A streak through the sky that leads to your door
Where you shot me, shot me down

You, you and I together
Till you shot me down
Till you shot me down, down, down, down, down
You, you and I forever
Till you shot me down

John Andrew
April 2015