You used to tease me with your friends from your bible study
because you hated my favorite book.
You used to laugh at things that weren't funny.
I couldn't stand it, nor the way you looked.
But when I saw you at the casting call,
you didn't seem like that person at all.
At rehearsals, you were fine,
and all that time we spent practicing our lines,
you didn't really bother me!?!
So I kissed you when I had to in the play.
Then I kissed you on the stairs backstage.
We kept kissing when the curtains closed--
I got this feeling that nobody knows!
When we were kids you were cool with me,
but I took my own way, and now I'm a freak.
I'd rather get stoned and sing my songs
than pretend to like your friends, and play along.
But when I saw you at the casting call ...
I got this feeling that nobody knows!
credits
from Woodshed,
track released December 3, 2021
E. Alexander