A Different Tune

I remember so many times throughout my life

I've turned down so many guys

I don't think I was ever cruel about it,

but at the time I could only empathize

Now I don't have to imagine or wonder

why they did the things they did

Every time I get tongue tied or start babbling

or act like an awkward middle school kid.

I remember how desperate and thirsty

they seemed for asking for too much too soon

But now the shoe is on the other foot

and I'm singing a different tune

I remember every time I backed off

because they pushed too hard

With every text, every gift, every cake,

every 14 hour trip, every popcorn card

I remember how strange or crazy I thought they were

for some of the things they'd done

Now I'm doing every single thing they did

like I'm checking them off one-by-one