The Singer Poem by Mary Champion

I was seventeen when the band came into town
and I went to the show with Sarah Lucy Brown.
She said she didn't care too much for them,
but she came along because she was my friend.

Well I stood and watched that singer as he sang
and I knew I'd never love another man.
I'd dreamed of him, now there he stood for real.
somehow I knew that's how alive should feel.

Cos I love that sexy singer in the band
and I dreamed some day that he would be my man.
And when he sang those love songs I could see
that he had eyes for no one else but me.

Well we hung around like groupies so we'd meet
the members of the band, and that was sweet.
The singer looked at me with smiling eyes
and right then I forgot all other guys.

I felt like he was only seeing me,
and I took his hand in mine unthinkingly.
He told me it was great to meet a fan
and a lovely girl like me would please a man.

Cos I love that sexy singer in the band
and I dreamed some day that he would be my man.
And when he sang those love songs I could see
that he had eyes for no one else but me.

Then tonight, he said, he'd seen a girl who stole
his heart away and slipped inside his soul.
He said he loved his fans and wished them well,
but there was one he'd have much more to tell.

He said that I was cute and he was sure
I'd make some man real happy ever more.
And I knew the only man there'd ever be
Was the singer in the band who sang for me.

Cos I love that sexy singer in the band.
And I dreamed some day that he would be my man.
And when he sang those love songs I could see
That he had eyes for no one else but me.

Then he kissed my lips and then he kissed my friend's,
and this is where my sad love story ends.
Cos I took a one way ticket out of town
when the singer married Sarah Lucy Brown.

Cos I love that sexy singer in the band
and I dreamed some day that he would be my man.
And when he sang those love songs I could see
that he had eyes for no one else but me.