Before I Ask Y'all, Please Understand
Before I ask y'all, please understand,
Even as I come from way down South,
My heart is more loquacious than my mouth,
Yearning like a wave for your smooth sand.
Very few down here will show their hand,
Aching like a riverbed for rain,
Lying like a platitude in pain,
Each chili inside, outside baked beans bland.
Now here down South it ain't right to demand
The things you're dying for, but you real fine,
In a voice polite as preachers set to dine,
Nicely say, Mind if I trouble you, Ma'am, -
Easy like - to be my Valentine?
Special
I'd like to take this time to say
just how you make me feel.
Your smile brightens my darkest day
and makes our friendship real.
Every time you hold my hand,
I feel butterflies take flight,
and I find myself missing you
each time you're out of sight.
Each morning when I awake,
you're the first thing on my mind,
and I'll protect the special bond we share
because true love is hard to find.
You're someone very special
and this I know is true.
I'm happier than I've ever been
and I owe that all to you.
Friend
Like a favorite blanket on a chilly night
or when I'm feeling blue
Your love wraps itself around me
like a special hug from you.
I love having a friend like you
and I know this much is true.
Of all the people
who could have stolen my heart
I'm so happy it was you.