The Actors Lament

Its OK if I fall apart dear,

Though I know you just won't understand.

But the pain and the woe, that I have seen,

Have left me much less of a man,

And I try to make myself happy,

Though you say I go to extremes.

And it hurts me to think that when I talk to you,

You don't understand what I mean.

Though I try, and I try.

The Actor Laments.

And It hurts me to think that I scared you.

But these words just come out of my brain.

And the things I have done, from my heart they have come

So perhaps to myself I'll remain.

And I like to sit down and talk to you,

But I know you just wont understand.

So I'll sit here and grin, as the tide washes in,

Buried up to my neck in the sand.

Though I try, and I try..

The Actor Laments.

I could play those card games forever.

I could drink warm Champaign through the night.

But you were what made the time special,

And you filled this dark stage with your light.

And I beg your pardon for asking,

but allow me to offer amends.

Grant me please do, a card game or two,

Between Lovers, and Drinkers, and Friends.

Though I try, yes I try....

The Actor Laments..

The Actor Laments.