DANYA
The Singaporienne: A Novel

Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
Oh taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
Another day to sing about the magic that was you and me

8:32 PM I've been down,
i've been down too far to care -I keep getting in my car but i'm not going anywhere.
And i've been had, well at least that's how it looks -
And it's not funny like on tv and it's not smart like it is in books.
And i wonder yeah i wonder how the world keeps spinnin' 'round.

Where's a boy with bad intentions gonna settle down?
And i don't know what you've been told,
The streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.
Yeah the streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.

I recall, when i was twenty-three -
Wondering how anyone could fall in love with me.
But now i'm old, hell i'm well past twenty-five -
And i can't seem to fall in love no matter how i try.
And i wonder where i'll wind up but i'm headed west i know.
Wind my way through texas and into new mexico,
And i don't know what you've been told,
The streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.
Yeah the streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.
And i don't know what you've been told,
The streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.
Yeah the streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.
Yeah the streets of where i'm from are paved with hearts instead of gold.