I dont know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.
It makes me nervous
I dont say the right things
or perhaps I start
to examine
evaluate
compute
what I am saying.
If I say, "Do you think it's going to rain?"
and she says, "I dont know,"
I start thinking: Does she really like me?
In other words
I get a little creepy.
A friend of mine once said,
"It's twenty times better to be friends
with someone
than it is to be in love with them."
I think he's right and besides
its raining somewhere, programming flowers
and keeping snails happy.
That's all taken care of.
BUT
if a girl likes me a lot
and starts getting real nervous
and suddenly begins asking me funny questions
and looks sad if I give the wrong answers
and she says things like,
"Do you think it's going to rain?"
And I say, "It beats me," and she says, "Oh,"
and looks a little sad
at the clear blue California sky,
I think Thank God, it's you, baby, this time
instead of me
