What Makes You Think (I Want to be Looked At)

from Expandable by Dave Ihmels

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What makes you think I want to be looked at?
What is that you think you’ll see?
Do you think that I’m a mirror
Are there birds flying over me?
The crows are standing on the fences
The forecast is for snow
And with the shadows slantin’ longer
Can’t you see it’s time to go?
You should put your jacket on
Pull your collar round your ear
Dig your hands inside your pockets
And disappear

What makes you think I want to be touched?
What do you hope I’m gonna feel?
With the pale yellow light above
In a curl of smoke you are revealed
You’re lit up like a rainbow
Blastin' through my dreary day
And reflected on the surface
Of the lake I used to play
But I did not want any attention
I don’t think I can make you free
So why do you keep on looking?
Baby let me be.

So we should get ourselves together
Get back home when the night time goes
But for now I’m gonna put my arms around you
Baby you look so cold

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from Expandable, released April 8, 2008

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Dave Ihmels Washington, D.C.

I am a performing singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. I write expansive, often experimental, folk-rock music featuring idiosyncratic characters and sonic goodies. I like to put a sparkle around the mundane.

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