Blink

Blink and Look Away

Vocals, Background Vocals: Alis

Background Vocals: Dale, Paul

Mandolin: Dale

Guitar: Alis

Bass: Paul

Drums: Bill

Percussion: Bill

music and lyrics: Alis K. Mahlen

Recorded at First Street Audio,

Fort Worth, 2007

you will never see quite all the way in

eyes flirting with the truth

eyes darting this way and this way and this way and that

eyes coming to rest anywhere, oh anywhere, but on yours

conversations which don’t require total submission

of myself to you

don’t require unbarring the window

of myself to you

you will never see quite all the way in

never quite catch the fleeting unguarded portal

I blink and look away

blink and look away

smile as a cover

blink and look away

smile as a cover

do not take it personally

staring in the mirror i cannot stand the glare for more than a second myself

i blink and look away

and i smile as a cover

blink and look away

smile