I'm Glad I Took Her Up On It

[couchgrouch]

I'm Glad I Took Her Up On ItI grew up in farm countrysurrounded by seas of cornI remember when that redheadmoved in the next door farmshe caught me in the corn one daywhile I was doing choresshe asked to play tag with meand though we'd never met beforeI'm glad I took her up on itI didn't know what else to dosometimes when life feels confusingyou do what fate tells you toand I'm glad I took her up on itone day I stacked some haybaleslike a ladder by the barnwe climbed up and the sunsetsaw me reveal my heartthough there's more romantic placesthan a roof above some cowsthat's where she returned my kissesand thinking about that barn nowI'm glad I took her up on itI didn't know what else to dosometimes when life feels confusingyou do what fate tells you toand I'm glad I took her up on itI'd kept that ring in my pocketwaiting for the proper timewe were at the county fair one nightthe moon was pouring white winethe ferris wheel stopped turningwe were fifty feet in the airwhen I pulled that ring out we sawforever from way up thereI'm glad I took her up on itI didn't know what else to dosometimes when life feels confusingyou do what fate tells you toand I'm glad I took her up on it(c)2004 Robert George