"Shy"

I’ve been reading a lot of history lately. Currently, I am halfway through Robert Middlekauf’s The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, which is part of The Oxford History of the United States. I also have the next three books in the series which will take me up through the Civil War. In addition to my history reading, I am taking a history class online through Upper Iowa University. I’ve decide that online education is not for me. I tend to be too much of a hermit in the best of times, and this online schooling is tying me even more to my apartment and my computer. The virtual world is nice for shy people in some ways, but in other ways t merely encourages further disassociation with the outside world.

Current listening: The Lounge Lizards, s/t

Shy

© 1988 Vin Colella and Brian Hutzell

Too shy, my heart's alone

Too shy to try again

I hide behind the love I've known

Now I'm too shy.  Remember…

When I was invincible and daring

Life was like a roller-coaster then

The love was new, alike the time we were sharing

The ride stopped, the lights went down; we started to pretend

Too shy, my heart's alone

Too shy to try again

I hide behind the love I've known

Now I'm too shy, but there's still hope

'Cause I know there's someone who will look me in the eye

So I can say how I feel, but I'm so shy

The wish in in my sight; my body quivers

I raise the bow but can't release the arrow

Though it isn't cold, I still shiver

I stand behind the open doors, but they might as well be closed

Too shy, my heart's alone

Too shy to try again

I hide behind the love I've known

Now I'm too shy, but there's still hope

'Cause I know there's someone who will look me in the eye

So I can say how I feel, but I'm so shy

Too shy, my heart's alone

Too shy to try again

I hide behind the love I've known

Now I'm too shy, but there's still hope

“December Blues 2”

Brian Hutzell

from MMXIII Variations