Modern Love - TJ Carter

An original song written and recorded by me, TJ Carter, recorded 12-12-11.

Lyrics:
Oh my sweet love won't you tell me
why we have to go our separate ways
Its not something that we said to each other
Its like we both just got this same damn strange malaise

Oh I knew you were getting restless
And I've always been restless myself
We didn't ask for much but we got mislead
Cause it might have been love but its oh so hard to tell
Makes me think of...

Modern love
Is this something they'll write of?
Girl and boy
Though I'm not exactly Paris and you're not quite Helen of Troy

Oh we were so cool as a couple
With your modern glasses and my vintage tweed blazer
Walking downtown with confidence and style
You looked a sexy librarian and me like a history professor

Its strange to think we're no longer together
It didn't take much to end what we had
It was almost like we were looking at each other
Watching the breakup from behind the stands
Makes me think of...

Modern love
Is this something they'll write of?
Girl and boy
Though you ain't no raven and I'm not crying out "Lenore"

Oh do you remember the time when we went to that party
And they were playing that shoegaze music again
Well we went in to the back room and found a record player
And we played Steely Dan on vinyl rocking out to 'Do It Again'

Oh my darling now its over
I'm not exactly sure what to do with myself
I assume you'll be hanging with your girlfriends later on
as for me I'll probably be watching TV from dusk till dawn
makes me think of...

Modern love
Is this something they'll write of?
Girl and boy
We're like Napoleon and Josephine if they were both unemployed

Oh there's not much left to talk about
I've got my sidewalks to walk and you've bike lanes to travel down
I hope your iPod's playing a song of love
Cause irony is something that we never thought much of
Makes me think of...

Modern love, I s this something they'll write of
Girl and man
Well its not exactly poetry
But we're doing the best we can

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[fallinloveyoulose]

:)

love it.