Saturday, January 2, 2016

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.

                                          
This was the song my nanny said played the morning after her wedding.  I think that's what she told me.  I remember she told me it was playing on the radio.  

It was Grampy and Nanny Topsy's song...

One of the four leave was overlooked before...  but he's looking it over now...   The other leaves were sunshine and rain and roses, but the fourth... what was the fourth?  The fourth leaf was the one he had overlooked.  By the jaunty tune, I'd say the singer was glad he noticed it, because he's pretty happy about looking at it now.  It's the one he adores...

                                               I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover


I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain
Third is the roses that grow in the lane

No need explaining
The one remaining is somebody I adore
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I overlooked before

I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain
Third is the roses that grow in the lane

No need explaining
The one remaining is somebody I adore
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I overlooked before

I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain
Third is the roses that grow in the lane

No need explaining
The one remaining is somebody I adore
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I overlooked before
I overlooked before
I overlooked before


Overlooked.  Is she lucky he finally noticed her after admiring the sunshine, the raindrops, and roses?  What was she?  She was "somebody [he] adore[d]," as he describes her... not simile or metaphor...  No need explaining.

No need explaining.  Should we have to explain?  Should we have to write sweet love notes, or just say, "No need explaining."  I love her.  I love her.  No need explaining.  I love him.  I love him.  No need explaining.  Didn't Edna say, "It's the way his hair falls on his forehead..."  Did she need to explain why she loved Robert?  When you truly love someone, is it even possible to explain, in words?  Mustn't it be shown in kisses and touch and the way eyes meet and can't let go?  They lock love.  They lock two together.

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