Something New (my first song written completely by myself!)

Verse:

I wake to find Batman playing in my room, 

I laugh and I know, we have to go soon.

He talks the whole way in a happy tone,

First time in years, I'll be home alone.

I hug him and love the smell of his skin,

I tell him “be good, and always listen.”

Wide eyed, he wiggles out of my embrace,

I watch him run into a brand new place.

Chorus:

Doing the right thing isn't always easy,

My life has been changed by having you with me.

I know in my head, this isn't going to last,

I watch as my boy's growing up too fast.

Goodbye's not an ending, it's a door to something new,

With tears in my eyes, I say “See you soon.”

Verse:

Into the driveway comes a rusty old truck

My son, loudly, comes driving up.

I see him pass the boxes in the hall,

His empty room, never seemed so small.

Ready to do the long drive 'cross state,

“I'll do my homework and won't stay up late.”

I say that I love him, He says it too,

I watch red tail lights fade from view.

Chorus:

Doing the right thing isn't always easy,

My life has been changed by having you with me.

I smile and I cry as he goes off alone,

Grateful, I know, he'll always come home.

Goodbye's not an ending, it's a door to something new,

I hug him and say “I'll be missing you.”

Bridge:

In college he met the girl of his dreams,

Football games and late night movies.

They got so close, they fell in love,

She feared the day that school was done.

(changes perspectives here, and a different singer)

Verse:

A mess of blonde hair, I can never tame, 

An emerald dress perfectly fits my frame.

I answer the door and reach for my coat,

His smile makes my heart jump to my throat.

We kiss as we dance, my head's spinning 'round,

Our final night, I beg time to slow down.

Our dreams are so different, our lives parting ways,

I love him enough not to ask him to stay.

Chorus:

Doing the right thing isn't always easy,

My life has been changed by having you with me.

Broken, I wish we didn't have to part,

But wishing, I know, only wounds the heart.

Goodbye's not an ending, it's a door to something new,

In my heart I know, I'll always love you.

326 Days in the Wonderful Land of Oz...

I love having my nails done, and four girls with the same underwear.  I love cute dresses and short shorts.  I love the smell after it's been raining.  I love Sarah's 'Medieval' tree and how you can find a vast array of flowers and trees in one spot.  I love the sound of the waves and the heat of sun-baked skin.  I love jumping on beds when things are good, and slamming doors when they're not.  I love that bleached haired eight year old's are surfing on any day at any given beach.  I love that coffee has it's own culture and that it's an art in this country.  I love 'toonie' times and how loud Jazzy can laugh.  I love Micheal Buble in the morning, and Justin Timberlake at any time of the day.  I love the diversity of the cultures represented and learning the differences between them.  Also, I love how funny some words sound when paired with certain accents.  I love how 'Trainwreck' is allowed to do and say whatever he wants.  I love that any meal can be fixed with thickened cream.   I love how we're loosing count of how many Jupee's there are, and arguing about how it's spelt.  I love Cory's bounce step and Breezy's intense swagga.  I love skating and going to Mad Mex.  I love how we've adopted each other's words and created our own language.  I love the sunset on the rocks at Maroubra.  I straight up love Robert Ferguson and Joel A'Bell.  I love listening to conversations I don't understand.  I love family dinners and charades.  I love chapel and sticking to the side vibe.  I love that a certain someone's boyfriend is 'so pretty'.  I love that seeing the Opera House still makes me feel like I'm dreaming.  I love how some non-English words have completely replaced some English ones.  I love watching movies and playing with hair.  I love listening to Jordan and Seamus when they're both determined to be right. I love how Hoyt's Cinema and The Establishment compete for our attention every Tuesday night.  I love Mr. Lspoonspoon and how we laughed so hard it was actually immense physical pain.  I love sleeping across from someone and spending half the night just talking, giggling and sometimes crying.  I love going through food phases, like oats, garlic bread and banana bread.  I love how just walking across the street, and even taking the bus, can be a life threatening endeavor.  I love how the red bandanna and the movie voice have become trade marks.  I love seeing dogs chillin outside Coles and how you will see someone you know there any time and every time you go, no matter how often in one day.  I love snuggling with the girls in a big bed.  I love that I have a brunette twin.  I love being called xuxu and getting my nose pet for what seems like forever.  I love hair days and kraft dinner with lemon pepper.  I love that Thursdays are spent at Starbucks when it's cold and Moore Park when it's sunny.  I love that six girls can somehow manage to share two bathrooms.  I love dark chocolate tim tams and learning how to steam milk.  I love listening to everyone's advice, even when I didn't ask for it, or even want it.  I love watching movies at the top of the hill.  I love the long walk home from the city after the buses have stopped running.  I love to hate the birds and the bugs.  I love Sukithai and French House.    I love that American and Canadian roommates can catch themselves swapping their ya'lls and eh's.  I love a freckle on an eyebrow and a red dot on a bottom lip.  I love that nothing needs to go unsaid and that anything is permissible, if not probable.  I love that mullets run rampant.  I love watching soccer and hearing football highlights.  I love 'beans', 'bag' and 'pasta' eh?  I love dancing, busking and freezing on the Opera House steps.  I love birthdays, dressing up and dance parties.  I love all the good times, the times that are heavy, when we're just living the dream, and but especially I just love that we do life together.  I love Australia, but I mostly just love the people, even though none of us are Aussie. =P

Oh, also, "We Love Rap Music".