Jackson Park Express

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Tuesday morning, 8:15
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I was riding to work on the
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Jackson Park Express
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Seemed like any other day
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Then my whole world changed
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In a way I never could have guessed
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Cause she walked in, oh oh oh oh oh
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Took the seat right across the aisle
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I knew we had a special connection
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The second I saw her smile

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She smiled as if to say
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"Hello, haven't seen you on this bus
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 before"
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I gave her a look that said
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"Huh, life is funny, you never 
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know what's in store
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By the way, your hair is beautiful
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I bet it smells like raisins"
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She looked at me in a way that asked
"Did you have a nose job or 
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something?
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I'm only asking, cause your nose
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 looks slightly better
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Than the rest of your face"

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I arched my eyebrow, ever so 
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slightly
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Which was my way of asking
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"Do you want my old 
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Hewlett-Packard printer?
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It still works, kinda
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And I got a bunch of ink 
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cartridges left"
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Then, she let out a long sigh
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Which, I took to mean, "Uh"
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"Mama, What is that deodorant 
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you're wearing?
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It's intoxicating
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Why don't we drive out to the 
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country sometime?
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And collect deer ticks in a 
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zip-lock baggie", Oh yeah

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I gave her a penetrating stare
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Which could only mean
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"You are my answer, my answer to 
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everything
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Which is why, I'll probably do very 
poorly
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On the written part of my driver's 
test"

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Yes, it all happened
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On the Jackson Park Express
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On the Jackson Park Express
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I knew she was starting to fall for 
me
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Cause she crinkled her nose, which
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 unmistakably meant
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"Baby, lets wear each other's 
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clothes
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And speak in a fake German accent
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And, maybe someday we can own and 
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operate
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Our own mobile pet-grooming 
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service"
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I couldn't hold back my feelings
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I gave her a look that said
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"I would make any sacrifice for 
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your love
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Goat, chicken, whatever
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I could never hold you close enough
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Let's have our bodies surgically 
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grafted together
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Oh, surgically grafted together"
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She picked up her newspaper, and 
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started reading to herself

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Which I'm sure, was a way of telling
 me
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"When you're cold, I will warm you
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When you're shivering, I will hold 
you
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When you’re nauseous, I will give
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 you Pepto-Bismol every hour
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For as long as the symptoms persist"
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Oh, I, I never, ever want to see
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 you cry
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So, please let me cauterize your 
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tear ducts with an arc welder
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Then, I glanced down, at her 
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shirt, for a second
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In a way that clearly implied
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"I like your boobs”

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Yes, it all happened
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On the Jackson Park Express
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On the Jackson Park Express
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On the Jackson Park Express
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I cleared my throat quietly, and 
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then, I looked away
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And I'm sure it was obvious to her,
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 just what I was trying to say
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I was trying to say, "Hey
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I'd like to make a wall-sized 
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mural out of all the dead skin cells
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That you slough off while you sleep 
at night"
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Whoa-o-Oh, "I'd like to rip you 
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wide open
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And french-kiss every single one
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 of your internal organs
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Oh, I'd like to remove all your 
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skin, and wear your skin, over my 
own skin
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But not in a creepy way"

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Then, I'm pretty sure, she looked 
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at me, out of the corner of her good
 eye
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And, though, she never spoke a 
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word, this is exactly what I heard
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She was saying, "Oh!
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I wanna make out with you, in an 
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abandoned toll-booth,
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In the middle of a monsoon
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I wanna ride dolphins with you, in 
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the moonlight
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Until the staff at Sea World kicks
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 us out
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I want you inside me, oh, like a 
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tapeworm"

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I pointed to the side of my 
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mouth, as a way of indicating
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"Hey, I think you got something 
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on the side of your mouth"
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She licked the corner of her 
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lips, as if to say
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"Here?", I nodded, implying, 
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"Yeah, you got it"
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And, then the bus stopped, at 
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53rd Street, and she got up suddenly
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"Where are you going?” pleaded my 
eyes,
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"Baby, don't you do this to me
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Think of the beautiful children 
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we could have someday
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We could school them at home, Raise
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 them up the right way
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And protect them from the evils of 
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the world
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Like Trigonometry and Prime 
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Numbers, oh oh no
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Baby, please don't go"

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She brushed my leg, as she left 
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the bus
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I'm sure that was her way of saying
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"I'm sorry this just isn't working 
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out
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You're suffocating me
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I need some space to find out what
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 life's all about
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So, goodbye forever,(ahah) my love"
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And deep inside, I knew she was 
right
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It was time for us both to move on
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And though, I never got her number, 
oh no no
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She never bothered to leave her 
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address, oh
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But, as long as I live, I'll never
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 forget
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Those precious moments we shared 
together

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On the Jackson Park Express
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On the Jackson Park Express!