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Pleas (The Basketball Song)

from Ready For Anything by Marjorie Halloran

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lyrics

I wake up every morning and I hit my head on the ceiling right above my lofted bed,
I jump into the shower and I shouldn't care, but it seems that once again I cannot wash my hair,
I'm walking to the bus stop and I have to look out because the stop signs are everywhere,
A few too many hits to the head as a teen, but the scars are underneath my hair,
But it's okay, It happens every day,

So please ignore me, and walk right on by,
Please, you really don't need to comment at all,
Please respect me, and give me some space,
And please don't ask me if I play basketball!

"Cause I don't, not at all!

I'm going through the lunch line, at the buffet, but I can't reach the food, the sneeze shield's in my way,
I'm looking for a table, maybe I'll sit here, but first I bash my head on the chandelier,
Riding home on the subway and I want to sit down, but my legs will take up two seats,
It's probably the reason why I get so many stares, from every single person I meet,
It's no big deal, they don't know how I feel,

So please ignore me, and walk right on by,
Please, you really don't need to comment at all,
Please respect me, and give me some space,
And please don't ask me if I play basketball!

It's the card I I've been dealt, and I've been dealing with it since,
Since nineteen eighty five, it's been the path of most resistance,
You people look at me like I'm a freak in a circus show,
And you have to tell me that I'm tall, 'cause I sure as hell don't already know!

The cocktail party's coming and I want a new dress, so I go down to the local store,
I try on everything and the room is a mess, guess I'll be rockin' tea length like it's nineteen ninety four,
I'll be girly and wear makeup and I'll get some new shoes, to feel like Cinderella at the ball,
But the salesperson says the same thing every freaking time, even the mens' sizes are too small,
I'm so over it, This is such bull!

So please ignore me, and walk right on by,
Please, you really don't need to comment at all,
Please respect me, and give me some space,
And please don't ask me if I play basketball!

'Cause I don't! Not at all,
I know you think I do 'cause I'm tall,
Well guess what, it turns out
There is absolutely no correlation
Between height and athletic ability
It takes skills, like coordination and talent and agility
None of which I possess, so would you please just leave me alone?
Seriously,
Please don't ask me if I play basketball!

credits

from Ready For Anything, released August 3, 2015
Don DiNicola, ukulele

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Marjorie Halloran Austin, Texas

Marjorie Halloran is a San Francisco Bay Area-based composer, singer, and songwriter.

She is the co-founder of the chorus at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT, where she received her MFA in composition with an emphasis in songwriting.
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