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MUSIC: CALLIOPIE
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A MALL JUST TO
LOOK AROUND.
YOU WINDOW SHOP FOR A WHILE OR
PURCHASE SOMETHING YOU FOUND.
AND BEFORE TOO LONG, YOU DECIDE TO REST
SO YOU LOOK AROUND FOR A PLACE TO SIT WHERE, YOU CAN SEE THE BEST.



MALL WATCHERS THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, WHY SHOP, JUST DROP AND WATCH.
MY DAUGHTER SAYS I HAVE A HABIT THAT BOTHERS HER SOME WHAT,
OF STARING INTO PEOPLES EYES AS THEY
STROLL BY.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THIS STARE, UNTIL I GIVE IT A TRY, MY OH MY! !


THE SIGHTS YOU CAN SEE IN A PUBLIC PLACE JUST AMAZES ME.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE CAME TO
TOWN, THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE.
SKIRTS SO SHORT, YOU WANT TO ASK, "WHY, DIDN'T YOU BUY A YARD?"
AND PANTS SO TIGHT, IT MAKES YOU HURT,
AND CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD.


HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EMBARRASSED BY
WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE'S LOOKS?
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT, WHY SHOULD IT BOTHER ME? WELL, CLOSE THAT BOOK ! !
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED ALL THE OLDER MEN SITTING ALL ALONE,
MAKES YOU WONDER IF WHOEVER BROUGHT THEM, JUST LEFT AND WENT HOME.


AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE KIDS YOU SEE JUST PLAYING AROUND,
YOU START TO THINK THEIR PARENTS DROPPED THEM OFF, THINKING THIS IS A
PLAYGROUND.
IT NEVER FAILS NO MATTER WHAT, A SHOPPING PLACE IS LIKE A NATURE CALL,
I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT I DIDN'T NEED TO REST, AND NEVER CAN I FIND A STALL.


WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED GOING TO THE MALL WITH ME
AND NEXT TIME YOU GO, JUST TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND SEE
YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT I HAVE SAID IS IN
FACT TRUE,
NEXT TIME YOU GO, TO HAVE MORE FUN, TAKE
SOMEONE WITH YOU.



WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR
JUNE 19, 2004
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