MATCHES TO BURN by Tom Jensen
(for a female vocalist)
I need a reason to sing
I can’t think of anything
And I’ve been thinking a lot
About a world not filled
With things you could see
But of all those things
I dreamed to be
So long ago that I forgot
When down memory lane…
I took a stroll
I re-lived mostly pain…
and now that pain…
It takes its toll
I’ll make a promise to you
And then I won’t show
Yeah, I’ll always leave you guessing
With your insides now exposed
While you’ve still yet to learn your lesson
Ahh… but at least now you’re feeling the cold
Though still… you keep on pressing
But with this new insight you now behold
You see the sun now glistening off of the snow
If you listen closely then you’ll learn what I know
It takes ten seconds now to see
What took me twenty years to learn
Ain’t no paper worth nothing to me
To a girl… With matches to burn
To a girl... with matches to burn..