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My crack at “Just My Imagination” by the Temptations, this little nugget from The Year of Longing Dangerously was written as an angry song about a neighbor who consistently ignored me when I would say hello.And we’re talking complete silence.”Hello.”

“——.”

Bizarre.

You don’t even know my name,
But I’m smitten just the same.
I have seen you from afar.
You don’t know me, but I know who you are.

I could make you happy dear,
But you don’t even know I’m here.
I could answer all your prayers
If you would only walk up a flight of stairs.

I dream some day we’ll have a life:
A country husband and his country wife.
When we’re wed we’ll buy a farm
And walk the pastures arm in arm…

We’ll have chickens and a rooster too,
A couple of hounds and a horse or two,
A couple of cows and a couple of sheep,
And a couple of kids to sing to sleep.

You pass by me every day.
I struggle for words to say.
Some day my tongue won’t be so tied…
You don’t know me, but you will by and by.