Young and Old

Romance in the schoolyard resides with
All the myths education requires
To make hurt stick to the heartbeat
Resistant to passage of time
The memory shines like a light inspiring
Passion, it feeds in romantics, young and old
Young and old
First kiss, that perennial liar
Most missed when the Oedipus mires
Both our hands into clenched fists
What’s missed is an image of fire
Simplistic metaphor to describe the
Complex love I feel like young and old
Young and old
Soaked too long instead of bathing
The water raisins (The water raisins)
Soaked too long instead of bathing
The water raisins (The water raisins)
Soaked too long instead of bathing
The water raisins, the water raisins
Count the tree ring wrinkles, young to old
Young and old
Romance in the schoolyard resides with
All the myths education requires
To make hurt stick to the heartbeat
What’s missed is an image of fire (Young and old)
Simplistic metaphor to describe the (Young and old)
Complex love I feel like young and old (Young and old)
Young and old
Young and old
Young and old
Young and…