Paper Cup

Word Thingys: Salome Strangelove

Dancing slow with midnight trees
Too many stars to count
Flying high against the breeze
Laughing ‘til we wore right out
Oh we played hide and seek and red light green
The rules were always changing
Carefree together, libertine
Hearts always rearranging

Devouring all those hours as if they came for free
Your deft guitar, my clever pen
There was nowhere else to be
Oh, time seemed so much slower then
Now rivers rise and rivers bend
Still your love’s a conversation that I never want to end

So tie your string to my paper cup
We’ll stretch it tight across the distance
You talk slow, I’ll listen up
Anytime you assistance
I’ll be right here waiting on the line
Oh, I will be patient as the tides
So whistle-hum or gentle strum
Ring out any sound or sign
And send it, please, from your paper cup to mine

From Three Dog Night to Lovin’ Spoonful
You’re always too happy when I’m wrong
The back and forth, the push and pull
Somehow we always ended up in song
Had to share what filled our heads
Ravenous for every bite
More than once we missed our beds
Couldn’t bear to say goodnight

Now rivers rise and rivers bend
Still your love’s a conversation that I never want to end

So tie your string to my paper cup
We’ll stretch it tight across the distance
You talk slow, I’ll listen up
Anytime you assistance
I’ll be right here waiting on the line
Oh, I will be patient as the tides
So whistle-hum or gentle strum
Ring out any sound or sign
And send it, please, from your paper cup to mine

So many long and winding roads that led me true
To every moment and the universe of you

So tie your string to my paper cup
We’ll stretch it tight across this distance
You talk slow, I’ll listen up
Anytime you assistance
I’ll be right here waiting on the line
Oh, I will be patient as the tides
Just whistle-hum
Just gentle strum
I need any sound or sign, please,
From your paper cup to mine