Metabasis (me-ta’-ba-sis): A transitional statement in which one explains what has been and what will be said.
“Stickin’ With You“
Now that I’ve covered the burning, burning, yearning feeling that I have inside, we can turn to the trajectory of its origins and where we can possibly be today as lovers, not friends.
When we met, you were the perfect guy, but when you got me you made me cry. It was at my party when you walked in with my best friend Peggy Sue all rumpled and covered with lipstick, I went wild. I cried like a baby.
Just because you are leader of the pack doesn’t mean you can dump me off at Heartbreak Hotel to cry alone in the gloom. Remember—I’m your candy girl for Christ’s sake. Take me back to Sugar Mountain with the barkers and the colored balloons, we’ll be 20 on Sugar Mountain—we’ll never leave too soon.
In sum, you left me standin’ in the shadows of love and the heartbreak came. Boom, boom, boom I wanted to shoot you right down. But I didn’t because I couldn’t stop believin’ that you were not nothin’ but a hound dog. In fact, I knew under all the Johnny come lately bravado you were a magic man. I only have eyes for you, and besides, big girls don’t cry.
Now that I have discussed the trajectory of my feelings, and now that all my cards are on the table, be-bop-a-lula you’re my baby, my baby now. You’r my baby blue, my little baby.
We’re goin’ to the chapel of love in my little deuce coupe. Despite your faults I’ll take the risk that we’ll have everlasting love. Wild horses couldn’t drive me away. Let’s dance, let’s romance.baby, I’m stickin’ with you!
After the wedding we’ll sail my sloop “John B” to Kokomo and honeymoon in the sunshine of our love. We’ll ride the wild surf, bogey-woogy all night long, and deepen our appreciation for what love is. Baby, it’s you!
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