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Who's Gonna Walk Me Home

dmartin

It was more than just bound to happen,	1
it was more	2
like poisoned lips	3
and a kiss you couldn't pass up,	4
it was literally devil's food,	5
temptation abound	6
filling the room with more envy than lust,	7
trust me,	8
she is always worth it when in the beginning.	9

set phasers to stun,	10
she would pierce your heart with her eyes	11
if she could,	12
wouldn't care	13
much less think about you,	14
your trials	15
or the painstaking nights that surely followed,	16
consuming your soul	17
and swallowing you whole.	18

don't apologize,	19
take it on the chin	20
before you take it to heart,	21
before the ride begins	22
and the latch insecurely secures you.	23
If you can bring yourself to the bottom,	24
only to drag yourself out of the empty glass,	25
walk before she ever has the chance to ask you...	26
"who's gonna walk me home?"	27

03/18/07

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