Courtesy Call - Emily Rose

The shuffle of your feet is a funny thing

Looks kinda like you are going somewhere

Well maybe you are, and I don’t want to see

That it won’t be with me

So hand over the severance pay

Two cigarettes and a record to play

A compliment if you can get it in

You know I like the attention

I’m thinking of a number between zero and zero

It’s all the times you made a change of heart courtesy call

Endearing as it was, in the morning hour

You spoke to me in caveman groans

An ancient language I have yet to translate

It’s hard enough using words to communicate

But words like goodbye are a tricky thing

They thread through easier when strung by hope

Now, I am not a speech coach

I just prefer a more direct approach

I’m thinking of a number between zero and zero

It’s all the times you made a change of heart courtesy call

I’m feeling like a line in a book

Written in, and written out, without a second look

And this is my way of saying

Soon I’ll stop looking at my phone for your name