I'm listening to one of my favorite songs from high school.

[xmas74]

I haven't listened to it in a long time and it's bringing back memories.

I always wanted my Romeo in black jeans!

NO MYTH-Michael Penn

So, she says its time she goes
but wanted to be sure I know
she hopes we can be friends
I think yeah, I guess we can say I
but didn't think to ask her why
she blocked her eyes and drew the curtains
with knots I've got yet to untie
what if I were Romeo in black jeans
what if I was Heathcliff, its no myth
maybe she's just looking for
someone to dance with
See, it was just too soon to tell
and looking for some parallel
can be an endless game
We said goodbye before hello
my secrets she will never know
and if I dig a hole to China
I'll catch the first junk to Soho
what if I were Romeo in black jeans
what if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
maybe she's just looking for
someone to dance with
Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure
some things in life you cannot measure by degrees
I'm between the poles and the equator
don't send no private investigator to find me please
'less he speaks Chinese
and can dance like Astaire overseas
what if I were Romeo in black jeans
what if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
maybe she's just looking for
someone to dance with

[Left Is Write]

1. I saw Michael Penn in Minneapolis - must have been 1990.

[xmas74]

2. Probably was.

That was the year he hit w/ No Myth.

I don't know why I always loved that song. Maybe it was the mention of literary figures. I do remember a few cheerleaders wanting to know why he was singing about the cartoon cat. Idiots!

[Left Is Write]

3. They thought Heathcliff referred to the CAT?

Good grief.

I liked the song too. :)

[xmas74]

4. Wuthering Heights was not required reading

at my high school. And one of the girls I am referring to had one aspiration in life-to be like the girl in the Cherry Pie video.

[CBHagman]

5. Oh, please don't tell me things like that, xmas74.

:cry: Yes, I'm well aware that people are that ignorant, but JEEZ.

[xmas74]

6. One girl did aspire to be the Cherry Pie girl in the

Warrant video and another became a professional cheerleader.

People wondered why I hung out w/ the stoners in high school. The stoner crowd was usually well read, compared to many other groups (that included the people in the college prep courses. They only read what was required for the course and nothing else.)