WOMAN ON THE LOOSE
1. I’ve been livin’ on pot pies, salad in a bag,
skippin’ my showers and dressin’ in rags,
lettin’ my leg hair grow out thick,
eatin’ ice cream till it makes me sick.
2. I’m reading novels till my eyes turn red.
I’m letting the dog sleep in the bed.
I’m late to sleep and late to rise.
My entire life has been revised.
CHORUS
‘Cause I’m a woman on the loose at home alone,
don’t have a job, the man is gone.
No one can hear, no one can see.
I’m lettin’ the real me.
BRIDGE
All day long, I talk out loud.
The dog’s not sure what I’m talkin’ about.
I seem to have a lot to say.
She stares at me. Are you okay?
Oh, yes, I’m talking to someone.
Our conversation isn’t done.
I’ve got some things to tell that guy
that I thought of since we said good-bye.
3. I’m playing cell phone solitaire,
sitting in his favorite chair.
Everything he left behind,
I now declare is mine.
INSTRUMENTAL
4. I haven’t made the bed in days
or paid the bills he usually pays.
The dog gets all my love these days
‘cause when I say the word, she stays!
COPYRIGHT Sue Fagalde Lick 2025
Big news! The electronic edition of my book No Way Out of This: Loving a Partner with Alzheimer’s is on sale for just 99 cents! It works for Kindle, Nook, and all the ebook readers. The sale will last through May 11, then go back to the usual $9.99 (I don’t set these prices). If you have ever thought about reading NWOOT, as I call it, now is the time. It’s practically free.
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But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World by Claudia Marseille
Elk Love: A Montana Memoir by Lynne Spriggs O’Connor
The Practical Seductress: How I Learned to Take My Hat and Run by Sue Camaione
Side Effects are Minimal: a novel by Laura Essay
Hiding for My Life: Being Gay in the Navy by Karen Solt
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