Submissions by CaityCat (Peaches O-Brien)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a lyricist, I write simply what I feel.
SONG LYRICS
Published
22nd May 2016 10:59pm
22nd May 2016 10:59pm
Fire
I like it when you work me up
but better when you work me out.
You say we are both diplomats
but we talk better with our hands
Hush, baby, quiet
we're building a fire.
Do you want to see?
Hush, baby, quiet
it's gettin higher.
I can feel the heat
You like it when I dance real slow
even better when I talk down low.
When I set my sights on you
I knew, I knew, I knew
Hush, baby, quiet
we're building a fire.
Do you want to see?
Hush, baby, quiet
it's gettin higher.
I can feel the heat
I...
but better when you work me out.
You say we are both diplomats
but we talk better with our hands
Hush, baby, quiet
we're building a fire.
Do you want to see?
Hush, baby, quiet
it's gettin higher.
I can feel the heat
You like it when I dance real slow
even better when I talk down low.
When I set my sights on you
I knew, I knew, I knew
Hush, baby, quiet
we're building a fire.
Do you want to see?
Hush, baby, quiet
it's gettin higher.
I can feel the heat
I...
659 reads
3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
12th May 2016 00:14am
12th May 2016 00:14am
Georgia Gene
Little green Georgia Gene
sipping on Long Island ice tea
in the summer shade
but she wants lemonade
Twenty seven, a little mean
dressed in pink and aquamarine
but she'll tell you she's color blind
cause Georgie gene tells little lies
Little blue Georgia writes to you
but puts the letter in her shoe
and she wonders why she feels haunted
She puts on a long white gown
steps into the water intent to drown
but she just floats, floats, floats
off just like a ghost
So long world, so long east coast
...
sipping on Long Island ice tea
in the summer shade
but she wants lemonade
Twenty seven, a little mean
dressed in pink and aquamarine
but she'll tell you she's color blind
cause Georgie gene tells little lies
Little blue Georgia writes to you
but puts the letter in her shoe
and she wonders why she feels haunted
She puts on a long white gown
steps into the water intent to drown
but she just floats, floats, floats
off just like a ghost
So long world, so long east coast
...
530 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
30th Mar 2016 5:03am
30th Mar 2016 5:03am
Triflin'
Little did I know
when I grow up
I'd just be really confused
sippin' coffee
walking around
like I don't feel real used
all the while
texting back
a boy who's just a friend
but the kind of friend
I run to
and jump in his bed
Is this modern love
and modern life?
I can't be sure
it feels triflin'
I'm drinkin' too much
sinnin' too hard
I need a night in
I feel triflin'
I need a night in
before I tailspin
i wake up
hit the alarm
grab the champagne
I was gonna shoot
but now it looks...
when I grow up
I'd just be really confused
sippin' coffee
walking around
like I don't feel real used
all the while
texting back
a boy who's just a friend
but the kind of friend
I run to
and jump in his bed
Is this modern love
and modern life?
I can't be sure
it feels triflin'
I'm drinkin' too much
sinnin' too hard
I need a night in
I feel triflin'
I need a night in
before I tailspin
i wake up
hit the alarm
grab the champagne
I was gonna shoot
but now it looks...
675 reads
4 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
16th Mar 2016 9:20pm
16th Mar 2016 9:20pm
Dizzy
I don't claim to have a lot of wisdom
I don't check the water depth before I dive in
I just hit my head on a bunch of rocks
swim back to the beach and try again
I don't know the point people are looking for
or why I don't feel like I can call you anymore
so I get drunk, buy things online to make me smile
but I don't smile, I haven't smiled in awhile
I've got mixed feelings about everything
I can't seem to let you let go of me
am I the only one here who feels dizzy?
what happened to loving the lack of control? ...
I don't check the water depth before I dive in
I just hit my head on a bunch of rocks
swim back to the beach and try again
I don't know the point people are looking for
or why I don't feel like I can call you anymore
so I get drunk, buy things online to make me smile
but I don't smile, I haven't smiled in awhile
I've got mixed feelings about everything
I can't seem to let you let go of me
am I the only one here who feels dizzy?
what happened to loving the lack of control? ...
723 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
14th Mar 2016 9:39pm
14th Mar 2016 9:39pm
All Right
I could tell you I miss you
but what good would it do
for either of us
if I come back to you
when you push me away
every time I have
I could tell you I love you
but you've heard it before
and I should get used to
not saying it no more
So goodbye, baby, it's all right
we put up one hell of a fight
but sometimes what you want isn't enough
and either is who you love
Don't tell me I'm not sad
I've been crying for days
weeks if I'm honest
I wish I could stay
but I can't write an ending ...
but what good would it do
for either of us
if I come back to you
when you push me away
every time I have
I could tell you I love you
but you've heard it before
and I should get used to
not saying it no more
So goodbye, baby, it's all right
we put up one hell of a fight
but sometimes what you want isn't enough
and either is who you love
Don't tell me I'm not sad
I've been crying for days
weeks if I'm honest
I wish I could stay
but I can't write an ending ...
578 reads
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SONG LYRICS
Published
10th Mar 2016 1:30am
10th Mar 2016 1:30am
Take My Picture
You wanna take my picture?
here help me get undressed
we'll go through some rolls
and then hang up negatives
I know what you like
I know how you want me
we can go all night
if you don't feel like stopping
You wanna take my picture?
here help me get undressed
I've got on my skivvies
and you got a good lens
You know what I like
you know how I want you
we can go all night
I know how to work you
You wanna take my picture?
here help me get undressed
you've got a trigger finger ...
here help me get undressed
we'll go through some rolls
and then hang up negatives
I know what you like
I know how you want me
we can go all night
if you don't feel like stopping
You wanna take my picture?
here help me get undressed
I've got on my skivvies
and you got a good lens
You know what I like
you know how I want you
we can go all night
I know how to work you
You wanna take my picture?
here help me get undressed
you've got a trigger finger ...
621 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
8th Mar 2016 3:48am
8th Mar 2016 3:48am
High Enough
You keep taking me down a couple pegs
but baby I ain't got the longest legs
and if you keep on chopping away
there won't be anything left
I don't know what you're trying to do
or why I'm still so in love with you
but god damn, I am, like I was born to
Is the fire we're building high enough?
I can barely see you through the smoke
you say we need more, it can be bigger
I think your finger's glued to the trigger
Restless days, and stupid fights
waking up the next day
can't remember the night
but it feels like we did some...
but baby I ain't got the longest legs
and if you keep on chopping away
there won't be anything left
I don't know what you're trying to do
or why I'm still so in love with you
but god damn, I am, like I was born to
Is the fire we're building high enough?
I can barely see you through the smoke
you say we need more, it can be bigger
I think your finger's glued to the trigger
Restless days, and stupid fights
waking up the next day
can't remember the night
but it feels like we did some...
619 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
3rd Mar 2016 4:07am
3rd Mar 2016 4:07am
Battleship
I can't take all your games
the records you play
as a backing track
to the words you throw
that you can't take back
There's an outline
against the wall
hands over my head
I used to be so tall
what happened to her?
Tic Tac Toe
you sunk my battleship
don't matter the game
it's the same bullshit
looks good on you
but makes me look blue
Pretty in pink
cause I've been cryin'
my skin gets flushed
not a look I was tryin' for
so don't tell I look good
covered in your baggage ...
the records you play
as a backing track
to the words you throw
that you can't take back
There's an outline
against the wall
hands over my head
I used to be so tall
what happened to her?
Tic Tac Toe
you sunk my battleship
don't matter the game
it's the same bullshit
looks good on you
but makes me look blue
Pretty in pink
cause I've been cryin'
my skin gets flushed
not a look I was tryin' for
so don't tell I look good
covered in your baggage ...
629 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Feb 2016 9:18pm
28th Feb 2016 9:18pm
Breakfast Menu Conversations
I've lived long enough to know
you can be a lot of people
from one day to the next one
what's your color today?
I've heard of fate you know,
but hold it in disregard
I think it's used as an excuse
to pardon the way we are
We fall in love, we fall out of it
we break things, we wreck shit
aren't people just so suspect?
I can't get enough of them
What will we do next?
what's on the menu for breakfast?
I'll sit at the head of the table
and toast you to that
I want to hear an argument
I have...
you can be a lot of people
from one day to the next one
what's your color today?
I've heard of fate you know,
but hold it in disregard
I think it's used as an excuse
to pardon the way we are
We fall in love, we fall out of it
we break things, we wreck shit
aren't people just so suspect?
I can't get enough of them
What will we do next?
what's on the menu for breakfast?
I'll sit at the head of the table
and toast you to that
I want to hear an argument
I have...
762 reads
4 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
18th Feb 2016 5:54am
18th Feb 2016 5:54am
Stubborn Girl
Well I don't believe in Jesus
Not the way my Momma thinks I should
I was never the best girl
but I did the best that I could
a selfish perspective
that I broke my way out of
now I care too much for comfort
I never get comfortable
Where am I going?
what am I doing?
who am I showing up for?
I don't have answers
I don't have a prayer
I'm just a stubborn girl
who thinks she'll get there
I used to be a dreamer
but cynicism's cyanide
and at this point I don't know
if my wants get out alive ...
Not the way my Momma thinks I should
I was never the best girl
but I did the best that I could
a selfish perspective
that I broke my way out of
now I care too much for comfort
I never get comfortable
Where am I going?
what am I doing?
who am I showing up for?
I don't have answers
I don't have a prayer
I'm just a stubborn girl
who thinks she'll get there
I used to be a dreamer
but cynicism's cyanide
and at this point I don't know
if my wants get out alive ...
658 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
21st Jan 2016 9:41pm
21st Jan 2016 9:41pm
Worse Than Cocaine
Sipping coffee in the afternoon
i didn't sleep at all last night
my nerves are worse than cocaine
I've got these bags under my eyes
I haven't showered in two days
I keep meaning to, I swear I do
but my bed keeps calling my name
and I'd thought I'd changed
I've got a feeling this ain't working
I spend too much time hurting
myself to make sure you're alright
I've got a splint on my finger
from a drunk game of who's stronger
just an honest accident that says so much
I will never be strong enough
for you and the way you do...
i didn't sleep at all last night
my nerves are worse than cocaine
I've got these bags under my eyes
I haven't showered in two days
I keep meaning to, I swear I do
but my bed keeps calling my name
and I'd thought I'd changed
I've got a feeling this ain't working
I spend too much time hurting
myself to make sure you're alright
I've got a splint on my finger
from a drunk game of who's stronger
just an honest accident that says so much
I will never be strong enough
for you and the way you do...
640 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
20th Jan 2016 4:10am
20th Jan 2016 4:10am
Subtitles
A black and white movie
in a language i don't know
makes more sense to me
than when I'm with you lately
I could use subtitles
though you're speaking English
I just don't understand
all your contradictions
You don't want to settle down
but you want me around
to keep myself for you
you say "what is time?"
as if that makes it alright
I can't say what we are
when I do so much for you
and I drive so far
I don't know what you're thinking
or how you mean you love me
to me it's simple
I don't even question...
in a language i don't know
makes more sense to me
than when I'm with you lately
I could use subtitles
though you're speaking English
I just don't understand
all your contradictions
You don't want to settle down
but you want me around
to keep myself for you
you say "what is time?"
as if that makes it alright
I can't say what we are
when I do so much for you
and I drive so far
I don't know what you're thinking
or how you mean you love me
to me it's simple
I don't even question...
563 reads
2 Comments
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