13. Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind

Written by Christine Lavin

Guitar, Vocal - Robin

A contemporary song by Christine Lavin, (www.christinelavin.com), one of the best (and funniest) chroniclers of our modern world, including relationships between men and women. Her writing is insightful, funny and piercingly true.

Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind

I am at the opera, I don't like the opera
But he loves the opera, and I love him
I follow the libretto, I follow the conductor
When I follow the plot, my head begins to spin
I don't understand a word even though it's English
Everyone around me says "This is divine"
I don't like the opera but look I'm at the opera
It's a good thing he can't read my mind.
(Yes, he's a wonderful Parsifal and she's the best Tundra I've ever seen)

Look at me I'm skiing, I do not like skiing
But he loves skiing and I love him
I rent the boots and poles, I shiver in the cold
I'm charging down the mountain risking life and limb
There's no exhilaration , I am only feeling terrified
Everyone around me's having such a great time
I do not like skiing, but look at me I'm skiing
It's a good thing he can't read my mind.
(Yes, exhilarating is just the very word I was thinking of... scared of heights? Oh no, not me)

I am not complaining , I'm just making observations
Expanding your horizons is a sign of maturation
Now I tolerate cigars 'cause he's a smoker
I'm playing chess though I confess
Sometimes I long for poker....


I am eating sushi; I do not like sushi
But he loves sushi and I love him
I'm poking with my chopstick at this living breathing fish
Oh my God! I think it's trying to swim
Some say eating sushi is like chewing on your own cheek
Or sucking down a bucketful of tentacled slime
I do not like sushi but look I'm eating sushi
It's a good thing he can't read my mind.
(Yes, this is a very interesting texture
What is it? Ohhhhh....)

So if you see me eating sushi
See me at the Opera
See me on a ski slope
Looking scared
Hey don't feel sorry for me, Imust be in love
Why in the hell else would I be there?
Before I met him life was dull, I never took any chances
Now I leap at every opportunity I find
I do not like sushi
I do not like skiing or the opera
Maybe I will in time
It's a good thing he can't read my mind
(Seconds? Sure I'd love some....Mmmmmmm, yum!)