Humpty took a tumble

Humpty took a tumble Rosie sat with Humpty the egg-shaped man, she really loved to hear him talk Marveled how he would say things, smiled when he asked her to go for a walk Walked around the lake, climbed the hills, soaking sun sitting on a bluff's ledge She left for a minute that turned into months, poor Humpty he rolled off the edge Oh! No, this ain’t the way things were s’posed to end She said she really wants to try and fix things again Standing with a teardrop, holding a glue gun and a piece of shell Poor Humpty took a tumble and friends he’s not looking too well All his pretty words are scattered like a jigsaw puzzle strewn across the dirty ground Fragments from the shell of the man she loved to hear, but now he doesn’t make a sound Lamenting her decision not to say anything to him, what in the world was she was thinking A beautiful day, people smiling sun is rising; She doesn’t care as her lonely heart is just sinking Cause this ain’t the way things were s’posed to end She said she really wants to try to fix things again Standing with a teardrop, holding a glue gun and a piece of shell Humpty took a tumble and friends he’s not looking too well Remembered all the words he told her as he would hold her, something to be learned Come in when it’s raining, you won’t get much heat from a log that’s already been burned Love can’t be bought or sold, borrowed or created, imitations are all you get from those ways Find a lover to dance life’s grand waltz with, find one who swings whether or not the music plays Cause this ain’t the way things were s’posed to end She said she really wants to try to fix things again Standing with a teardrop, holding a glue gun and a piece of shell Humpty took a tumble and friends he’s not looking too well He smiles through the cracks Maybe he misread the facts Lying in pieces as she feverishly tries to re-assemble He struggles to speak; she finds herself starting to tremble No rush for words Humpty, Rosie isn’t going away again Got it all straightened out and she’s sticking around till the end Rosie said trust me honey this ain’t the way things are going to end You know I think this time she really wants to try to fix things again As she stands with a teardrop, holding a glue gun smiling cause she did well Humpty took a tumble, Rosie got him on the mend and now everything is swell Humpty took a tumble, yeah, I think he’s going to be okay Tim Windisch 03/19/2022