A Little Touch of Something

-- Influence #2:  I'd be lying if I say music is important to me.  It's strange to say that, because it's almost mandatory to say that it is important--and vitally so.  I find that when I write, I can't have anything else going on around me, or it permeates what I'm writing far too much.  Although, sometimes, that can be a good thing.  To write about my second influence, I had to have his music playing in the background--and Broadway Radio served my purpose nicely.  This is my Cole Porter piece, and here's the idea behind it:  If you had to write a song, but it couldn't be a song, what would you write?  If it couldn't have any music behind it, but it had to sing all the same?  And let's make it a tad more difficult--let's make it a Cole Porter song.  Now let's give it a try, shall we?  Oh, and for the record, my favorite Cole Porter song is "The Still of the Night." --

"A Little Touch of Something"

Would you like a drink?

A sherry?

A bit of something

A little touch

I could offer you

A little touch of something

A respite from the cold

A warm embrace

To chase the chill away

Or at least

Keep bad thoughts at bay

A little bit of good cheer

Oh we're all so lonely

Oh we're all so sad

Everybody here is

Wishing somewhere else

Is where they could be

But not me

Because if you're here

If you're even here a little

Straying here a little

Praying for a little sympathy

A little bit of you is all I need

To keep me here and happy

A little touch of you

And I'll be free

It's true that the loss will ache you

Break you before you're well

You'll sip your sherry silently

And violently compel yourself

To dance inside your mind

While time erases itself

Complacently you patiently wait

For someone whose not coming

Coming to terms with what's at hand

And believe me

I understand

But all that I can offer

Is a little touch of something

A blessing or a blanket

A kind word and my kinship

As one relationship ends

We'll be friends

We'll be more than friends

But that's all up to you

Just tell me what to do

And there will be...

Little shows of kindness

Little acts of caring

Little ways of moving on

As long as we go slowly

And my dear, we will go slowly

Come what may

With just a...

A little touch of something

We can make the larger woes

Go away

A little you

A little me

A little laugh

A little sherry

A little bit

Day by day

Night by night

And all we'll ever see

Is a little touch of something

Something between

You and me