Two Way Monologue

[Verse 1] Ma, all the other options that you had in mind starve me Cause I'm optionless and turkey-free and blind Pa, won't you listen and I'll let you in on this Blind me, as you listen I'll reduce advice to dust Oh no, I shouldn't have to spell my name Ma, if it's worth the made up smiles, the quiet fights Oh mother, it is hard not to look in the mirror's eye I have come to this while you have come along So it's alright if you change your mind the other way around again I shouldn't have to spell my name [Chorus] So start the two way monologues that speak your mind We're talking two way monologues with words that rhyme [Verse 2] We, can't reclaim the shirts we threw away last twirl Uncurl the note-in-pocket, personal brochures that dust Machine-washed, that's how paper rusts Days you spend wanting some of Michael Landon's grace Strike back, now they shape your life as stony as his face Oh no, I shouldn't have to spell his name [Chorus] We're talking two way monologues [Bridge] We were chasing rabbits on the hill And that prairie-life was great, but never real Cause we never saw no rabbits out there, ever, no, not once All we did was put a fire up and watch it burn for months And I miss the sound of stairs and walls and maladjusted doors And too little space for holding all the soldiers and the war