If I could only be like Bogart

If I could only be like Bogie
by David N. Muxo

If I could only be like Bogie,
love'em and leave'em
(Here's lookin' at you, kid)
instead of gettin' left at the
startin' gate.
If there could always be Paris
and the memory of you.

If I could walk away the hero
--just once,--
and not the fool
who declares undying love
to Miss Cantwejustbefriends?

(You'll meet the girl for you

s

s o m

s o m e d

s o m e d a y

m e d a y

d a y

y

you'll see.)

If I could just once
keep to myself for a while;
mmmmellowwww out (for sure).
Maybe I could wake up
just one morning and
not have to shave with the light off
(so I wouldn't have to look at
[ F L E S Y M | M Y S E L F ]).

But, then again. . .