Let Me Out, Let Me Be

from Transportation II by Julian Cartwright

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Just the way a cat will tear away from you
to explore the remaining parts of the bed,
you walked out without alarm, and
it’s one thing I feel fine saying.
I was left on my own to see what it’s like.
I didn’t mind staying.
Looked around on all sides and found no ending.
Memorized the place by crying and saying,
"Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out,
let me be."

I found a little window there,
a window that looked out on your being.
I could not breathe when I looked in,
and barely blinked.
I was enraptured, and finally fired up.
That means 'back in it'-- no cigarette, no Daiquiri.
Wrote a plan for where my mind could stay.
And this plan backfired at the end of every day.
I could not even sleep.
Yea, I found myself sighing and praying,
"Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out,
let me be."

Prune house,
a loon house.
It’s really no house for me.
I sprung into birth-- bingo.
Built a house with the worst window.

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from Transportation II, released March 3, 2014

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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