Placentia Girl

Placentia, California 1967-68

I had some crushes back in the day
Guess we all did, don’t you know
Mostly too shy to say the word
So they’d just come and they’d just go
Then got the word from a confidante
That someone had a crush on me
Never thought it could work both ways
Eyes wide open but I just didn’t see
She was someone I saw almost every day 
Knew her casually but not real well
But this new confidential news 
Put my heart and soul through hell
Why was it so hard to think somebody
Could have a crush on me?
When I had them all the time for others 
Hopeful for what they could turn out to be
Didn’t know just what I should do next
New territory but I was flattered
I liked her but so unsure of myself
Still her friendship really mattered 
So heard about something I thought she’d like
And I boldly asked her out
Very informal and low key as could be
We had a nice time as we walked about
Then an upheaval came out of my control
That’s a whole other story to tell
Where I’d see her each day was suddenly gone
No phone number to tell her what befell
Just a crush yet I never really forgot
That sweet feeling that still comes over me
To know that her soul saw something in mine
And the thought that perhaps I’m recorded, don’t you know
Somewhere in her poetry . . .