SPLENDIFEROUS By Tom Jensen
When I make myself shake
I know I’ve hit upon what is splendiferous
Oh I see you in the distant light
And with this…this greaterinsite…
I bow down to what I have deemed to be glorious…
No, I need not bow down to my knees
Nor become a victim to your disease
I let you in to do what you please
Be it show me love or cease my existence
Or whatever you please there would be no resistance
Because I trust in you and your good intentions
My love for you hence needn’t be mentioned
For you know where I stand
Firm with you…your wish is my command
Snap your fingers and I’d be there in an instant
You have my heart but you’ll never have my soul
For you’d never sign your name on the dotted line
To take from me that which is beyond my control
That why I find myself being less
Than half of what is the whole
That’s why I laugh when people say,
“You know…she’s really got ahold
Of your heart and of your mind
You know she could do you great harm
If she ever feels inclined”
Then the time when I’d reply:
You know I’d say, “I do”
Yes, even when I didn’t
I love her ‘til death does part
And ever after and I ain’t kidding
She could use me as bait
Just to go out fishing
She could burn me a hundred times
I’d still be her kindling
You have to believe in something
In this world of crooked institutions
And if she’s my biggest problem
I’d never, ever seek a solution
She could tell me I was a monkey
I’d say, “To hell with evolution!”
If she wanted to pimp my soul
I’d respond, “I’m cool with prostitution”
I reached that point where I love her more than me
If you ever hurt her you could find me in the penitentiary
For snapping your neck like a chicken without even blinking
Give me a life sentence or a term of a century
I’d do the same again so go ahead and try me
Plug in the chair and then hit the juice and fry me
Sometimes life isn’t fair but if she came crying to me
Then you better disappear because she’d never lie to me
So warning beforehand is the best way to portray
That I’d spend my entire life in darkness if it would brighten up her day
But there’s no need to be frightened
So long as you treat her and her boy okay…