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A song by Carol Johnston

I'd Like to Get to Know You

Life, Memory & Mortality 3:47 Date:

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Lyrics

I'd like to get to know you
(I'd like to get to know you)

It's a legitimate conversation
It's a desire for information
Associated coordination
But your brain is on a vacation

Your subconscious choice of suppression
Your preconscious use of suggestion
Your self-conscious goal of discretion
Your unconscious fear of rejection

Tell me what you think
What you think
What you think
Tell me what you know
What you know
What you know

Let's talk
Let's chat
Don't squawk
Don't scat
A meeting of the minds
A teaming of the kinds

I want to get to know you
(I want to get to know you)

Brain's on rot
All you got
Your words are shot
Meanderingly slowly
Try to think
Indistinct
Your Neurons blink
On and off Shallowly

It's an intimate declaration
Of an ultimate education
It's designed for navigation
To a literate destination

Your own conscious love of exception
Your nonconscious take on perception
Your mid-conscious rise of deception
Your foreconscious dread of connection

Tell me what you feel
What you feel
What you feel
Tell me what you've tried
What you've tried
What you've tried

Let's bond
Connect
Respond
Respect
A pealing of the rinds
Revealing what I'll find

I need to get to know you
( I need to get to know you)

It's a listening situation
With an infinite explication
Of a definite advocation
Confused in your imagination

Your own precious love of rejection
Your own jealous stand on connection
Your overzealous need for protection
Your sheer rebellious use of deflection

Brain's decayed
Gone away
Thoughts disarrayed
Answering vaguely
Try to dodge
Truth dislodged
Your facts are lies
Shine through your eyes insanely

I tried to get to know you
(I tried to get to know you)

I'll never get to know you
(I'll never get to know you)
I'll never get to know you

I'd like to get to know you

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