Can’t Get Up
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I can’t get up, at least I couldn’t
But it’s a brand-new day
Can’t stay in bed, at least I wouldn’t
Until you went away
You cover up your callousness
By acting sweet and nice
I know that I fell for it once
But it won’t happen twice
I wish that it could really be
The way it seems to others
But all your lies will be exposed
The ones you told tour brothers
All the people that you work with
Will probably be in shock
When they realize that the girl they knew
Was not one of the flocks
Or was she one?
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Written on October 22, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Words | 104 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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