Monday, September 10, 2012

One Week

(Apologies to Ed Robertson for butchering a classic)

It’s been two weeks since you frowned at me
Come home from there next year or I’ll be angry
Three days since you laughed at me
Sayin’ unpack that suitcase, I want my prezzies
Five days since the waterfall
I realized how rusty and weak is my front crawl
Yesterday, went to bed early
But it’ll still be a week ‘til I am jet-lag-free

Freeze the time and watch dragonflies
And think about goodbyes
How strangely sweet and sad they can be
I was missed here, now missed there, although I like it that you care
Like making lists of all things I want to do and see
Hot like Tottori where you ooze sweat
That’s just what you get
Climate change is alive and well
So many homemade cookies
Bruises on both knees, there’s no connection
I tripped and fell
Gonna make a pie, that’s such a lie
I’d like to see somebody try
Love my apartment, but it truly is a bachelor pad
Gotta get a guy, ‘cause then you’ll try
My PE teacher likes to sigh
He wants to talk to me
My speaking skills are so bad

How can I help it that I still haven’t learned Nihongo
Trying hard not to act as if I know
I’m the kind of girl that people want to talk to
Can’t understand why that is? Walk in my shoe
I have the tendency to want to spend time alone
I have a history of being super lame

It’s been one week since you smiled at me
Took my glasses in hand and fixed them for free
Six days since you surprised me
Custard banana croissant – I’m so lucky!
Two nights since dancing at DNA
You asked me how I thought it was, I said, “It was okay.”
Today, went to the hospital
Despite what you may think, my life is never dull

Tottemo tanoshikatta des yo
That’s the extent of my local lingo
When folks ask “How was Canada?”
I say, “Sugoi, na!”
I hope that means I had a good time
Now, like my teachers, I am busy
Just like I like to be
Speech Contest is at the end of the month
Like Kurayoshi, just don’t get there
It’s not the train fare
The fact is time is money I don’t have
Gonna do my best to travel more
But sometimes traveling’s a bore
Just wish someone would discover teleportation
Gotta find a room in which to tune
Many a moon, at least since June, have gone by since
My violin’s been played

How can I help it if I still haven’t learned Japanese
Trying hard not to act like a big tease
It’s tricky when your hair is blonde and eyes are blue
Smile, be attentive, polite – that’s what I do
I have a tendency to want to try to blend in
I have a history of following the rules

It’s been three weeks since I started this
Next time I’ll give BNL a big miss
Same time since I started school and said
You kids are so cute, but you think you’re so cool!
Three days since my undoukai
I realized they would be my last, and wanted to cry
Yesterday, you just smiled at me
‘Cause it poured rain for hours but we still played frisbee
It was humid as heck, but we tossed a frisbee
It’ll be winter soon, so let’s go play frisbee
Bird Stadium, home of Gainare