What I Like About You- Day 5

I just copied this over from my Xanga site. It's an old post that I wrote on February 2, 2008.

We read a poem in A.P. English on Thursday that I thought was cute, if you take it the right way. I guess some people think it indicates an abusive relationship between the father and son, but I don't think so. If it was that, then why would the boy be clinging to his father in the end? But most people take it as a fun, loving experience. So here it is:

My Papa's Waltz

The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.

Our student teacher then asked us if we had memories of when we danced with our dads as a child. That reminded me of the tradition Jen and I had with our dad. My dad had a record of The Romantics. I can still see the cover of the record in my mind even though I think we got rid of it long ago. There was one song in particular that whenever it came on, Dad would always have Jen and I dance around the room with him to it. It was the song, "What I Like About You". Here are the lyrics:

"Hey, uh huh huh
Hey, uh huh huh

What I like about you, you hold me tight
Tell me I'm the only one, wanna come over tonight, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you

What I like about you, you really know how to dance
When you go up, down, jump around, think about true romance, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you

Wahh!

Hey!

What I like about you, you keep me warm at night
Never wanna' let you go, know you make me feel alright, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you (whispered)
That's what I like about you (whispered)
That's what I like about you (whispered)
That's what I like about you (whispered)

Hey, uh huh huh, hey hey hey
Hey, uh huh huh, brrr
Hey, uh huh huh, hey"