Asleep by The Smiths
Vapour Trail by Ride
Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Time of No Reply by Nick Drake
Dear Prudence by The Beatles
Gypsy by Suzanne Vega
Nights in White Satin by the Moddy Blues
Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins
Dusk by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!)
Blackbird by The Beatles
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
And finally…
Asleep by The Smiths
Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it “Chops”
because that was the name of his dog
And that’s what he said it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X’s
and he had to ask his father what the X’s meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it
Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it “Autumn”
because that was the name of the season
And that’s what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because of it’s new paint
And the kids told him
that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses
with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed
when he asked her to go see Santa Clause
And the kids told him why
his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad
when he cried for him to do it.
Once on a paper torn from his notebook
he wrote a poem
And he called it “Innocence: A Question”
because that was the question about his girl
And that’s what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A
and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end
of Apostle’s Creed went
And he caught his sister
making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed
or even talked
And the girl around the corner
wore too much makeup
That made him caugh when he kissed her
but he kissed her anyway
because that ws the thing to do
And at three A.M. he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring soundly
That’s why on the back of a brown paper bag
he tried another poem
And he called it “Absolutely Nothing”
Because that’s what it was really all about
And he gave himself an A
and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
because he didn’t think
he could reach the kitchen.
But I wish that there were better actors chosen to be in Perks of Being A Wallflower. At first, I was excited to see Logan Lerman portray Charlie, but now I’m a little less excited. I don’t want this to be a second fucking Twilight fad. And adding Nina Dobrev to the cast pushes it a little closer to being just that. She’s not a good actress. She started on Degrassi… I’m sure she’s a good person, but that’s just shit that they want to add her to the cast. It seems like they just want a pretty, well known (because of The Vampire Diaries) actress to attract the fans from her show. Now articles are saying that she’s supposed to be one of the main characters when I know she wasn’t in the book all that much. She wasn’t even given a name in the book. People, get a better sense of “good actors”! I know the difference. I’m seriously contemplating not going to see this movie when it comes out..but I have to..because of Logan Lerman. I wish I didn’t feel this way. Bring on the haters, Bitches.
