Song / Poem

Stuck For So Long

Suzanne Mondoux · 24 August 2020

Hmm, ya, what’s going on Stuck for so long in this place called love She won’t have me but I can’t stop thinking of her They say move on but my heart is stuck on her I play my guitar and sing her my love song

Oh ya, stuck for so long She won’t even look at me How do I win her heart Stuck on her for so long I’m blind to all others

My best friend said did you tell her you’re sweet on her Did you let her know you exist Does she know you’re name You’re stuck for so long in the story you created of her

I could not argue with my friend I went to the supermarket where she worked When I got to her check out I looked up at her and smiled Each day I returned On the seventh day I told her my name It was the end of her shift and I waited for her outside the store

She smiled at me and asked me how was I doing today I played this game for a while She continued to smile at me until she said I had to walk her home Stuck for so long in me Stuck for so long in the creation of her

The next summer we were married It’s been fifty years and I’m still stuck on her For so long I played my guitar and sang her my long Every morning she smiles at me Every night I kiss her goodnight