HE ENVISIONS ME

He envisions me

In a pretty dress

While I'm sitting here

Looking such a mess

Said he still smells

The perfume I wear

He remembers wheat

Woven through my hair

And I let him dream

On the phone with me

I am, as he left

That is what he sees

But...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I'd been on the tractor since the break of day

Working like a man, since he went away

Forget about the manicure, and pretty curls

When your man's in the service, it's a different world

No Cinderella story, with the gowns and balls

Just a whole lot of farming in his coveralls

I might feel like screaming, nothing's going right

But I tell him that it's perfect, when he calls at night

I'm not that girl, of his dreams, in reality

But I'm all that he envisions on the phone with me

~~*~~

I was freaking out

All the cows escaped

Found the lot of them

Eating up the hay

And the truck broke down

Gasket needs replaced

His old dog won't eat

And the trees need sprayed

But he misses me

Wishes he was home

Yes I am okay

We kiss through the phone

No I won't complain

He tells me sweet dreams

He is reassured

On the phone with me

 But...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I'd been on the tractor since the break of day

Working like a man since he went away

Forget about the manicures and pretty curls

When your man's in the service, it's a different world

No Cinderella story with the gowns and balls

Just a whole lot of farming in his coveralls

I might feel like screaming, nothing's going right

But I tell him that it's perfect when he calls at night

I'm not that girl, of his dreams, in reality

But I'm all that he envisions, on the phone with me

~~*~~

When I thought I'd die

His whole family came

Helped me fix the truck

And bring in the hay

Oh, his Mama cried

Held me in her arms

Said he called last week

That he knows your heart

Asked us to come help

When things got too hard

Said he sees you girl

Angel that you are

I said...

~~~*Final Chorus*~~~

I've been on that tractor, every single day

Working like a man, since he went away

Forget about the manicures, and pretty curls

When your man's in the service,  it's a different world

No Cinderella story with the gowns and balls

Just a whole lot of farming in his coveralls

I might feel like screaming, nothing's going right

But I tell him that it's perfect, when he calls at night

I'm not that girl, of his dreams, in reality

But I'm all that he envisions on the phone with me

~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~

She held me at arms length, and smiled at me

She said, he knows everything, he sees you perfectly

How you try to protect him, all that you've been through

There's no illusion to...

How he envisions you

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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