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Slamming the Door


By Brigitte Gastel written August 1974 in Belleville, Illinois
Have you been on that certain road*
        Where people shut the door right in your face
Where they told you to get lost*
        And ignored your presence
And kicked you out of the place*
        Which meant once so much to you
What in the hell is it*
        you gonna do?

        How is the feeling in your heart
Everybody is playing with it*
        Like using a dart
One big sting after the other*
        Hellfire burning your emotions
What you gonna do brother? *

Haven't you have yet had the right notion*
        Where is the solution you could find
Which could straighten out your mind*
        Come down to it
It is love you need*
        Warmth, tenderness and that certain feeling
Which will come over you like a wave of heat*
        Who is gonna give it to you though
It sure is a long road you have to go *

Be sure and make it certain*
        That you'll find the right person
You can share your life with*
        Then start it out with a tender kiss
Reach deep down to caress the soul*
        Believe me, then everything will be whole