just once

i want to hear you say
'you're so pretty..
when you cry'
because it gives me reason
and i know it kind of
doesn't really matter.

i want to hear you say
'you're so lovely..
when you cry'
because it makes me
kind of a little bit
real again.

i want to hear you say
'you're so bonny..
when you cry'
because i always
wonder why in the back
of my head.

i want to hear you say
'you're so sexy..
when your tears
are the crimson tide'
though i know
you can't.

i just want to hear you
say 'it's alright
and it doesn't matter
and it's okay' and i
am allowed to just
keep wanting this.

and just once i'd like
to hear you say
'you're so damn fine
painted in red
and white and
maybe just a little
bit of blue'