Kind of a Crush

[fflo]

(sung to the tune of the Hermits'/Carpenters' song?) (i'm not trying to make it scan that way, so good luck if you wanna try.)

i have a kind of a crush on Linda, the new-ish mail carrier, who has dog treats. she's about to retire, though. next week.

i suppose it's not a terribly practical crush.

she lives in Howell.

anyway.

oh, why not:

  there's a kind of a crush
  all over my corner at 2
  all over my corner, when the mail truck comes
  and i'm out there with lu

  you know what i mean

  just the three of us,
  and the mailtruck & treats make five
  there's a mailtruck & treats, and we're feeling good,
  and i look in her eyes

     and listen very carefully,
     though closer to her, as a possible thing---
     well, i mean,
     it's rather a dream

     the only way that thing could be
     is if i open my mouth and speak,
     and i won't.
     she's probably taken!

  that's some kind of a crush---
  some kind of a crush, when i
  can't manage to note if
  she's wearing a ring,
  or open my mouth

  la la la la-la-la la etc.

  [repeat bridge and chorus-y verse]

You know, Karen Carpenter really did have an amazing voice.  It's a terrible thing, what happened to her.  That family.  Her brother's production values.  Misery and death.

OMG, look what's available online:

 

So beats my shaky bootleg videotape!

I tell ya, that movie had such an impact on me. Majorly hard-hitting. The goof of the Barbies as a hook drew me in, and then BAM. Freakin' BAM. Never again would I hear "Rainy Days & Mondays" in a casual, dismissive way.

Comments

[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!! It didn't ever even occur to me to look for Superstar on YouTube! That's one of those films like the Stones' Cocksucker Blues that I'd given up on ever being able to see!

Hooray! I know what I'm watchin' this weekend! Thanks for the tip!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, geez, it's been there since 2007??