The textbook committee

"but the judges and the saints
and the textbook committee
decided you should be left out
not even mentioned."

Guided By Voices-Smothered In Hugs

Aaron (the wildly-vain narcissist) had a great post about what proper adjective would fit his last name for his legacy, of course. Me being the wildly-vain narcissist as well, wants my legacy to be the perfect song. I mean a song about me (how beautiful, how witty, how awesome, how so darn smart and charming I am). To be honest I'm quite the quirky, offbeat, oddball whom is the girl with perpetual nervousness (the girl next door is me..yea!) but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be a song out there about me. I mean if I was a dude (or a chick who likes chicks) I would be totally be into girls like me (if I wasn't me). I would also write a song about myself (if I wasn't me). The song doesn't necessary have to be everything about me, just the simple "you're amazing, I want to spent the rest of my life with you, but you don't want to get marry-that's okay, but let's live together and make fun of people for the rest of our lives" kinda like Dead Milkmen's Punk Rock Girl.

I think maybe one person can possibly write the best song about me, and that would be Jens Lekman. There's two reasons for this.

1. I read somewhere (which could be a complete lie) that he writes songs about girls he doesn't know but then actually meet girls who are like the girls he has written about. I'm convinced (if this is true) if he writes a song about me, I'll meet him! 

I've thought about possibly writing him an email about this whole mess about how all I want is a song about me, but I'm too shy and I feel silly for wanting this. I want be to whispered about at shows and record stores ("hey you know song Jens Lekman wrote about the quirky, offbeat, oddball with the perpetual nervousness girl? it's about her") As this being said I would trip on my own foot.

2. His lyrics are the best! 

Examples:

"I had a good time at the party when everyone had left

I flirted with a girl in sign language 'cause she was deaf."

"And we set courses for the sky and the ocean
And I tried to explain it to you but it was too huge.
Blind girl, I miss you."

"She said let's put a plastic bag over our heads
and then kiss and stuff 'til we get dizzy and fall on the bed.
We were in heaven for five or six minutes, then we passed out
and I was so in love I thought I knew what love was all about."

"Your father puts on my record
he said: so tell me how you met her
I get embarrassed and change the subject
and put my hand on some metal object
He laughs and says that's a lie detector."

"My words are just c-c-c-coming out all wrong
I sure could use a little help
I think I'm gonna drop my cool now
The best way to touch your heart is to make an ass of myself."

"She said it was all make-belief
but I thought you said maple leaves
and when she talked about the fall
I thought she talked about the season
I never understood at all...
I thought she said maple leaves
and when she talked about about the fall
I thought she talked about Mark E Smith."

Basically I could go on forever with examples on why I would want Jens Lekman to write a song about me-even though he's a narcissist as well. There's something about living forever through a song that I really want.  I romanticize every song about a woman wishing it was about me. I think I listen to too much music.