‘TIL I START SPEAKING

I

Once you offered me a place

upon your mantel

Be the girl who paints

and sings you pretty songs

Think of more—

then I’d smile and I’d set the table

I won’t know

I won’t know

No, I won’t know

No, I won’t know

II

I won't know

what I can say

'til I start speaking

'til I start speaking

No, I won't know

what I can say

'til I start speaking

'til I start speaking

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