MY STORY

This is my story and it won't take long.
Just long enough to sing this song
I come on a plane from Taiwan
Eight years old and my life's begun
This is how I happened to be . . .
An american girl from an asian world
I know where I'm from it's across the world
I'm looking for a home and a way to live
I'm still young, I got a lot to give.


I just want to be loved
I don't want to be anyone's only reason
And if he could just be happy with himself
I'd do anything to please him.


I was a child in Illinois
For four years life was such a joy
When I was ten, things got hard
I learned who I was on the schoolyard.
One, two three four
work real hard and you'll get real far
fiv, six, seven eight
This small town wont be my fate.

I met a man when I was twenty-one
He was rich and I was young
He showed me the world and he bought me things
I took it all but the diamond ring
Now he lives so far from me
but before I set him free
He sent me away to school
and paid a lot for my degree
One, two three four
count the lovers going out my door
seven, eight, nine ten
If I went back now he'd take me in.

So I work real hard, I'm making a plan
Sixty hour weeks, put the money in a can
The only problem is my other man
He's still loving me the best he can
He came my way
but I just wanted to play
Now he fell in love
And now he have to pay

Well my suitcase is packed in the bag by the door
We're making love on the living room floor
We have sex nearly all the time
I can't leave town till he's feeling fine
Please don't be angry with me
For choosing not to be your wife
You'll always be my sweet lover to me
But I got to live the rich man's life

And I just want to be loved
I don't want to be anyone's only reason
And if I could just be happy with myself
I'd do anything to please them


So this is my story and it won't take long
Just long enough to sing this song.


(c) 1999 David Lawrence \ david6@sybot.com. Write me if you want to use this song.