I have been trying
To write a haiku for you
Some things I just can't do
Maybe you're beyond
Ancient Asian poetry
Or maybe it's just me
[Refrain]
I have been trying
To get this haiku just right
All night for you, alright
I'm through!
[Verse 2]
Maybe this poem
Was lost in the sauce we spilled
That never got refilled
I've never thought much
Of formulaic verse anyway
And rhymes are not my fort–
[Refrain]
I have been trying
To get this haiku just right
All night for you, alright
I'm through!
[Chorus]
I'm trying not to try too hard
But you're hard to write down right
So I pen these trite attempts
At haikus for you tonight
[Verse 3]
La da dee diddum
Lada da dum doo diddle
Dum doo la dee do
There, that's sufficient
I wrote a haiku for you
Well, I tried at least
And that's not so bad, I'm working here
Can that be said for you?
[Chorus]
I'm trying not to try too hard
But you're hard to write down right
So I pen these trite attempts
At haikus for you tonight
[Coda]
Words don't work like Webster says
They trip me up all night
I'm just trying to write for you
But you're hard to write down right
[Verse 1] I have been trying To write a haiku for you Some things I just can't do Maybe you're beyond Ancient Asian poetry Or maybe it's just me [Refrain] I have been trying To get this haiku just right All night for you, alright I'm through! [Verse 2] Maybe this poem Was lost in the sauce we spilled That never got refilled I've never thought much Of formulaic verse anyway And rhymes are not my fort– [Refrain] I have been trying To get this haiku just right All night for you, alright I'm through! [Chorus] I'm trying not to try too hard But you're hard to write down right So I pen these trite attempts At haikus for you tonight [Verse 3] La da dee diddum Lada da dum doo diddle Dum doo la dee do There, that's sufficient I wrote a haiku for you Well, I tried at least And that's not so bad, I'm working here Can that be said for you? [Chorus] I'm trying not to try too hard But you're hard to write down right So I pen these trite attempts At haikus for you tonight [Coda] Words don't work like Webster says They trip me up all night I'm just trying to write for you But you're hard to write down right Explain Request ×
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