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I Must Know Your Name


I must know your name what secrets lie beneath your face what tears run thick through your veins I must know your name Speak it Tell it to me slowly let your fingers rather than your tongue let your eyes rather than your teeth carry me away in a moment sing it on a breeze please I must know your name I'd like to feel it as if it were my own wear it like a skin bathe smell taste it on my tongue I must know your name what mysteries lie upon your breath what history conjures up itself in your walk left, right, left, right, pause, stop, right, left right? and in that rhythm is a part of yourself I must know your name spell it out on drums or guitar strums whisper it or YELL but come Heaven or Hell I must know your name how it flows through your veins and it spills bubbles up like blues how it swings in your hips and it moves like soul train! ha! is that alright? I must know your name I must this curiosity seems to bust at seams because you seem like a story a time and a place more than a body, a voice or a face I'd like to pick at your bones until no secrets remain but first things first... I must know your name...
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