Clara

Give me a moment to say how I feel
Ready or not this time I think I'm
Willing to be candid with you
You're pretty good with a clever remark
But whether or not you mean every word
That you say I really don't know
We don't ever get that far
I just come and then I go like seasons

And I think I love you Clara
I love you Clara

I am old enough to want to know you better
Stairway down to an uptown train
A university gig that I
Don't know very much about
Sing with the choir take a taxi home
All the way back to Fort Greene by
Way of the Manhattan Bridge
You said you were sick of it
Garbage on the sidewalks
And the sirens all day long

I love you Clara
I love you Clara

I am old enough to want to know you better
It seems like you've got
A lot on your plate
I can't be someone I'm not
I am just a boy here
To distract you from the stresses
And the strains of an urban life
You took me in without question

And I need you more than you need me Clara
I love you Clara
I am old enough to want to know you better