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You play piano

(Paula Martin)

Getting over a breakup of an unhealthy codependent relationship - grief mixed with hope of going forward to a better future, leaving behind the unfair criticism and carping

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You play piano.
I am a singer, and I need a note from you,
I need the pitch now,
I need the tempo - all the things musicians do.
You play piano,
But you won't play it now for me to sing along - 
I am a singer, I need you to play for my song.

I play guitar, though,
You never liked the songs I wrote with my guitar,
You found them facile,
They didn't modulate, or swing from bar to bar.
There's a capella,
Or other instruments, if I just look and see,
I am a singer, the orchestra's waiting for me!

You'd better practise
Your sonatas, the etudes you played before - 
You have no voice now, 
The song is finished and the singer's out the door.
You play piano,
Now play it forte, so that you can;t hear me cry -
I am a singer, the saddest of songs is goodbye

© Paula Martin 2026

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