EMPIRE! EMPIRE! (I WAS A LONELY ESTATE) LYRICS
"We Are People Here. We Are Not Numbers"
In the infancy of our relationship,
when we were almost exclusively hanging out
together with friends,
Cathy and I went to St. John's Applefest
It was held every fall
in the parking lot
of the Catholic church
I had attended as a youth,
converting the quarter-mile
of parish grounds
into a second-rate carnival
full of cheap thrills
and poorly-maintained rides
We meandered through the crowds
like tourists,
eventually ending up at
the pirate ship
at the far end of the fair
A mechanical boat that rose into the sky,
then swooped back down in the other direction
like a swallow diving for insects
Cathy was nervous
and began to fidget,
refusing to get in line
before our friends and I talked her into going
When the ride started,
any romantic idea I had of holding hands or an embrace
was quickly abandoned when I saw the white-knuckled grip
on the safety rail like she feared for her life
Thanks to ydjmg for these lyrics
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