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The Master of My Heart

I miss you like the sky

Misses the sun at night

The moon gets me by

But it doesn’t feel quite right

 

I know you are busy

Lighting up the west coast

I just hope you still miss me

Because I miss you the most

 

But when it’s day I think it must be

Alaska in the winter

For the daylight is shorter than a flea

Of the day it’s only a splinter

 

And in the night we’re on our own

At least it feels to me

But it makes me strong, it makes you grown

Or this I must believe

 

I think the tragedy of life

Is that every time the sun sets

I know like a butcher knows a knife

That about us God forgets

 

I miss you the way a dog misses his master

Every time he goes away

The dog always assumes disaster

That he’s gone for good today

 

Who will pet me? Who will feed me?

Who will open up my door?

I once was blind, but now I see

The things I’ve never done before

 

That’s why when master comes home

A fit of barking ensues

Until he’s thrown a bone

And he lies down, subdued

 

I’ll make it through somehow

But I didn’t think I could

Because gone for now

Feels a lot like gone for good

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