A Girlfriend's Neither Gotten nor Forgotten

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A girlfriend's neither gotten nor forgotten.
She's never just a friend who is a girl.
She doesn't wear a nameplate or a flower.
You never can be certain she's the one.

You're going to have to jump right off a building
And probably break your ego and your neck.
Nine times out of ten you'll wish you'd vanished,
But one time out of ten--why, there she'll be!

A girlfriend isn't something you acquire.
A girlfriend is a person, not a thing.
And if you leap and land next to the right one,
She'll burn her image right into your heart.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

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By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube.

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