Clara

Give me a moment to say how I feel
ready or not this time I feel like I'm willing to be candid with you
you are pretty good with the clever remark
but whether or not you mean every word
that you say I really don't know
we don't ever get that far
I just come and then I go like seasons and
I think I love you clara
I love you clara
I am old enough to want to know you better
Stairway down to an uptown train
A university gig that I don't know very much about
Sing with the choir take a taxi home
On the way back to for green but
Way of the Manhattan bridge
You said you were sick of it
Garbage on the sidewalks and the sirens all day long
I love you clara
I love you clara
I am old enough to want to know you better
It seems like you've got a lot on your plate
I can't be someone I'm not
I am just a boy to distract you from the stresses and the strains
of an urban life
you took me in without question
and I need you more than you need me clara
I love you clara
I am old enough to want to know you better