Reversing the filk process

reply        I wrote this over the last couple after being at Norwescon and finding out that a woman I was really interested in had just gotten engaged to another man. The reason that it reverses the filk process is I couldn't find a melody that fit the words, except for the Toy Story song I wrote about 16 months ago. Soooo, since I hadn't played that song in a while, I appropriated it. So, turn a filk into a "normal" song. Go figure.

Maybe Not
words and music by Jeffrey Hitchin

A woman just moved in down the hall
with bright red hair and big green eyes, and boy is she tall! You know, I just had the most appealling thought. I'll go down and say hello.....maybe not.

I could always express what I felt inside. But why when I think about her do I want to run and hide? What could be holding me back? It has to be a plot. So I'll march down the hall.......maybe not.

Why can't I tell a woman how I feel?
Why can't I make these ideas real?
Each night I come back to an empty home. I don't want to spend my whole life alone.

So I went and knocked on her door,
Determined that my inner demons wouldn't stop me anymore. But there was no answer, I guess it was worth a shot. Thank goodness she's not at home...[uh, hi]...maybe not.

"I'm the guy who lives down the hall.
And even though the chances you'll go out with me are small. Would you care to see a movie? Share dinner I just bought?" Now she's going to turn me down...["Yes."]...Maybe not!

Jeff

santa at wolfenet.com
http://www.wolfenet.com/~santa Received on 04/05/97