Paper Weight

[couchgrouch]

Paper WeightI was workin' out with barbellswhen the mailman rang the doorbellsaid he had something for me to signI hoped it was some useless letterbut deep inside I knew betterand that despair lay across a dotted lineI handed back his clipboardmy heart grew heavy, I hung my headmy hand shook as I closed the doorcos it knew what that letter saidfor so long her loveheld my life in placebut if she was goneI feared I'd slip awaythe burden on my soulcouldn't be greatercos the weight of my worldwas in that lonely paperI recalled she asked me to hold heras we swayed shoulder to shoulderduring that all night dance marathonit's funny how that mem'ry lingeredthough I poured myself three fingersJack didn't lift a finger to move time alongcos I saw her dancing thereas I sealed that envelopein whispers lighter than airI prayed for the strength to copefor so long her loveheld my life in placebut if she was goneI feared I'd slip awaythe burden on my soulcouldn't be greatercos the weight of my worldwas in that lonely papershe got that envelopetried to work the claspbut something still lived insideher heart just couldn't graspit was how she held mewhen my mama passed awaywith strength that mem'ry gave hershe tossed it in the fireplacefor so long her loveheld my life in placebut if she was goneshe feared I'd slip awaythe burden on my soulcouldn't be greatercos the weight of my worldwas in that lonely paperthe weight of my worldwas in that lonely paper(c)2005 Robert George