Layla 060414 A

James Michael Taylor

New song from GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY
from the POP GOES THE GHOST album

WHEN LAYLA COMES OVER

When Layla comes over everything stops
When Layla comes over I put on my socks
I put on my shoes. I put on my shirt.
When Layla comes over.

When Layla comes over she plays with my sister.
When Layla comes over she talks to my mother
I stay out of sight. My dad takes her home
When Layla comes over. But Layla doesn’t notice …me

Layla is pretty. Layla is smart.
When Layla comes over I lose track of my heart.

Layla is thirteen and I’m only nine
I know that Layla will some day be mine
Mine like my bicycle. Mine like my dog.
My sister told Layla I’m a knot on a log

Layla is seventeen. Twenty one.
Layla is twenty five. Twenty seven
Twenty eight. Twenty nine.
Now, Layla is thirty…

When Layla comes over everything stops
When Layla comes over…
Layla finally noticed…me.

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