Tuesday Poem (Song): "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure

"Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream", she said
"The one that makes me laugh", she said
And threw her arms around my neck

Show me how you do it
And I promise you, I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you

Spinning on that dizzy edge
Kissed her face and kissed her head
Dreamed of all the different ways 
I had to make her glow
"Why are you so far away?", she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you?"

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
You're just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must've been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone, alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and lonely
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven

by Robert James Smith/Boris Williams/Laurence Andrew Tolhurst/Porl Thompson and Simon Johnathon Gallup 

Robert Smith, in my humble opinion, has tended to be underrated as a crafter of perfect pop songs. When I use the term "pop", I mean it in a positive not derogatory way. A perfect pop song is a thing of beauty and although it might sound as though it was easy to write, it was not. Robert Smith and his co-songwriters get in and get out in 3 minutes and 30 seconds approximately because they understand what makes a perfect pop song. Always leave the listener wanting. There are not many perfect pop songs in contemporary popular music, but I think Just Like Heaven is a shining example.