Pleasant Street

Meg Hutchinson

You meet me, in a snowstorm, at the airport



With your arms full of lilies and roses



You say, "It took forever on these roads"



I say, "I'm glad you didn't wait at home"



And I feel warm, in a t-shirt in the snow



Think of the Joni song "Case of You, Case of You"







And I stand there, shaking at the baggage claim



Your breath a new addiction, in my veins



And I, struggle in my mind



With what is yours and what is mine



Already I forget the contours of my other life







And we go, home to Pleasant Street



I could lose myself here easily and that scares me



Home, to Pleasant Street



Now I'd like to live forever in this day







I walk your dappled avenues



Your lucid streets



I move in minor chords and fight this happiness



Love it hit me blind side,



Thought I was right, never to risk my insight







And we go, home to Pleasant Street



And I could lose myself here, easily and that scares me







And what about my laundry?



The voices on my machine?



What about my dreams...of loneliness and glory



Strangers, fan mail and Valentines from far away



Now I'd like to live forever in this day







And we go, home to Pleasant Street



I could lose myself here, easily and that scares me



Could this be me, the one who would be free?



Now I'd like to live, forever in this day