Like Sally Ride

There are colored plates on my windowsill
The morning sun
Comes rushing through them
And shines the light of Saturn rings
Around my cup of coffee
As I sit and dream

Mornings are my favorite times
The air’s alive with buoyancy
It’s later in the afternoon
That this gravity
Starts to get to me

And sometimes
Once in awhile
I wish I, I could learn how to fly
And someday
I’d like to get on out of here
I’d like to rise up
And break through the atmosphere
Just like Sally Ride

Some where around two or three
When the laundry’s hanging on the line
I make myself a cup of tea
Fall in a chair
Try to breath this thick air
And if I’ve read the morning paper
And start to stare off into space
I might pick up my appliqué
And sew down the wings
Of a bird
With some string

And sometimes
Once in awhile
I wish I, I could learn how to fly
Yes, and someday
I’d like to get on out of here
I’d like to rise up
And break through the atmosphere
Just like Sally Ride
Ride Sally Ride

But on days when I can get momentum
I pull my guitar to my chest
Fumble with a melody
Start in to sing
Climb on the wing
If music is my cosmic dance
What is this fear that keeps me grounded?
Am I afraid to take the chance?
Give up playing housewife
Launch my life

Oh, and those times
When I’m playing my guitar
I feel that I
Am learning how to fly
Yes, and someday
Hey, although I love it here
I’m gonna rise up
And break through the atmosphere
And I’ll be flying with
And I’ll be singing with
Yeah, I’ll be sitting by Sally Ride
It’ll be me and Sally
Me and Sally Ride
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