there’s a story that i’ve heard about a girl a bit like you. i didn’t believe a word but apparently it was true. and it’s strange the way i look at you. like seeing someone new. i had a picture in my mind. now i’ve got quite a few. there’s a story that i’ve heard about a girl a bit like you. acting kind of carelessly. not like you’d usually do. i didn’t pay it any mind. but now i’m hearing it from you. and when you put it that way i don’t know what i should do. for i’ve never ever said out loud the things i’ve thought of you. always kept it to myself. a fantasy or two. and it’s strange the way i look at you. like seeing someone new. i had a picture in my mind. now i’ve got quite a few. can’t we just make up. and forget about everything. it can’t be that hard. let’s begin again. let’s start from scratch. let’s wipe the slate clean. re-make it right. let’s begin again. let’s throw out all the assholes and their asshole friends. and forget about yesterday. now count back from ten. let’s re-make it right. let’s start tonight. let’s re-make it right. again. it’s sure not a long way from the profound to the profane. it’s an easy line to walk across and call out a few names. and yours is often one of them. too pretty. too little to say. too old. no-one listens anyway. too young to worry about getting fat. too soon to think about a cat. too healthy. too easy. to quickly thrown away. too much. and occasionally two way. too many to know how much to pay. i’m thinking about the number thirty two. and how it rhymes so easily with you. and how i can’t find better things to do. than thinking about the number thirty two. i’m worried about the number forty one. it doesn’t seem to be having too much fun. i’m thinking about the numbers one to five. and how they might help me stay alive. i’m seeing combinations everywhere. of numbers disappearing in the air. i’m waiting for the clock to turn to one. and everyday i see the sun. i go all the way to ten. and then. i can’t stop until i get to thirty two. and once again i’m thinking of you.