April 25th, 2012 was the most miraculous day of my life. A long chain of uncanny events culminated in meeting the love of my life. It seemed as if the hand of fate intervened half a dozen times to place me in the right place at the right time. And life has never been the same. So in honor of this most perfect day, today\u2019s post is a love story in song lyrics. And before you ask: yes, I actually said something that dorky, and yes, every bit of it is true, right down to the former crackhouse…<\/p>\n
I’m never in San Francisco
\nBut Dan said I had to, I had to
\nBe at this meeting; It\u2019s gotta be you
\nBy the way\u2026 it doesn\u2019t pay
\nYou’ll have to pay your own way. Do it anyway.
\nAnd just in case leave an extra day
\nOK. I did it anyway.
\nGeniuses, characters, I was like a child
\nDays fascinating, nights wild
\nBut I didn’t need that extra day; maybe i\u2019ll be on my way
\nI think I\u2019ll go ahead home, change my flight
\nI had no idea what would happen that night
\nLost my wallet in the back of a long black car
\nOutside that former crack house rooftop party bar
\nWell it was dark and black and that driver wouldn’t come back
\ntill the next day
\nguess I’m not leaving early
\nWent swing dancing with Michael and that’s when I learned
\nHow a queen should be treated and love should be earned
\nFinally to the airport, wallet in hand
\nfeeling my mojo, boarding area, I saw a man
\nLike a scene from a movie he was all I could see
\nThe world disappeared and it was just he
\nIs he looking at me when I look away
\nTen rows away on the plane he had no chance to say.
\nLanding in Dulles I guess my chance has gone
\nTill I get to the bus, you know that funny little bus and I walk on.
\nThis gorgeous man is standing in my favorite spot.
\nNow’s my chance. I’m gonna take my shot
\nI stand next to him, look over and smile
\nThat’s usually all it takes and he says… Nothing. Damn.
\nWhat’s a girl gotta do? What’s a girl gotta do?
\nSomething pushes me forward and says
\nTalk to him.
\nDeep breath.
\nI comment on the technology in the bus
\nSome kind of nerdy pick up
\nHe goes to reply and he can’t speak
\nChoking on his own shock and me
\nPlease tell me you’ve talked to women before
\nHe gets it together; and we walk out the door
\nOne date, leads to another and it feels like home
\nFour weeks later, inseparable
\nHe says, I’m not supposed to tell you I love you this soon
\nI said: yeah…. You’re not
\nTwo weeks more and I work up the courage
\nto admit the truth
\nI feel the same
\nThis is the part where you run away, I said
\nNope. He states flatly – I’m not going anywhere.
\nI’m not going anywhere without you
\nI’m not going anywhere without you
\nTrue story<\/p>\n
– \u201cTrue Story\u201d, by Kathryn Colleen (Album: Finding Zen).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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