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( Clever love song lyrics )
IF YOU'RE SO CLEVER
Copyright © 2006 - mickterry.com

1: That one whole wall of your living room
is filled with your diplomas
and letters of commendation
from the Mayor and the President.
With loads of people consulting you
from Maine to Arizona,
you've got the appreciation,
but no sense of accomplishment.

The one thing that you really want,
that's out of reach to you,
is married to some guy who doesn't care.

CHORUS:
If you're so clever, if you're so smart,
why don't you find a way into her heart?
If you're so clever, if you're so wise,
surely you've got a plan to open her eyes
 ...  to you.

2: You knew her back in your high school years.
You've still got all her pictures:
the volleyball team, debate club
and the queen of the high school prom.
You never got over all your fears,
not even at the mixers.
You almost asked her for a date once,
but of course you would then back down.

The next ten years you've kicked your butt
for not being true to you
and letting her just vanish in thin air.
CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
High school reunions
have a way of starting things over
& bringing back old memories
that never really were.
High school reunions
have a way of being unsober
& releasing inhibitions
to what might now occur.

3: So, there she is thirty feet away,
just laughing with old girlfriends,
as radiant, poised and charming
as she'd been all those years before.
So, there she is twenty feet away
without some pesky husband,
when suddenly she's disarming
as she waves at you for sure.

Your heartbeat and your pace pick up
as her smile begins to beam,
then you're pushed aside by the guy who walked behind.
CHORUS:

Copyright © 2006  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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To other high school reunion song lyrics:   HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE
To other unrequited love song lyrics:   ALL OVER YOU
SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE
To other negative love song lyrics:   STORIES
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