Mannequin

written by Briyan Frederick, Joe Maki
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP and others TBA
© Briyan Frederick Baker and Joe Maki. All rights reserved.

Originally recorded on 4-track cassette around 1983 with Gregg Allen on vocal.
This recording is licensed CC BY 4.0 Briyan Frederick, Joe Maki and BFBMusic.com
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Mannequin

Your eyes so distant, your skin so smooth
I can tell you are resistant, you're so silent, you don't move
But I am full of emotion, a fire uncontained
And I know what you're thinking, as you disregard my pain

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Mannequin, are you a mannequin?
A cold, cold shoulder to my cold, cold sweat
Mannequin, are you a mannequin?
I am afraid, that's all I'll get

I get no reactions, words are never said
Caught up in believing love is never dead
While I am scattered by emotion, are you waiting for your train?
Is it somewhere in the distance, or will the emptiness remain?

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If I touch you, how will you respond?

How much longer will you let this go on?

You could show me that you need me, you could show me that you care
But I'm stabbed by your rejection, by your eyes, they just stare
Why aren't you full of emotion, a fire uncontained?
A heartbeat slowly sinking, I'm huddled in the rain

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