In the Schoolyard

Music and Lyric by David W. Jacobsen
Copyright 2010 - 2012. All Rights Reserved.

I was nobody you would see, you would hear
I was nobody that you knew
You were on my mind all the time, everyday
But from your world you would not stray

In the schoolyard, I would see you
And I used to think of
All the words you'd never hear and if you did
I used to dream that they would reach you
And we'd run off some place
But I know that you would probably
Laugh in my face

Walking home I'd find
My thoughts would wander by
And when I passed your house
I wondered what is inside

I thought many times this would be the right day
But I never made it to your door
Something in me would always turn from inside
And I figured you'd go away

In the school yard I would see you
But you never saw me
And if you did, no you never once spoke my name
If you only knew the way I used to dream a person
Who I had made in your image
From my own flame

Walking home I'd find
My thoughts would wander by
And when I passed your house
I wondered who is inside

The years they go
How they fly
How they pass
Yet I remember
All the time
Still remember
Still recall

In the schoolyard
In the schoolyard
I used to dream
I used to dream

The places you went, I could not be, would not know
No one knew me I had no chance
You were falling there all the time flying so
I suppose that you'd have regrets

In the school yard I would see you
And oh how I wanted
To be someone I was not and who you were
It is strange as the years go that I would still remember
But the thought of you and me
And there's a chill

Walking home I'd find
My thoughts would wander by
And when I pass your house
I wondered who is inside

In the schoolyard
In the schoolyard
I used to dream
I used to dream