3/4 Time

there’s three to the measure, and a quarter gets one
you can say it in rhythm, it’s just one-two-three-one
it’s easy to hear it, truth rendered in sound
an easy surrender, it’s paradise found

3/4 time, it’s a comfortable groove
it’s the way we exist, it’s the way that we move
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
and the music of love is in 3/4 time

it’s harder for children, 'cause it’s so seldom heard
in popular music, it’s rarely preferred
for grownups it’s easy, it’s the essence of art
it’s something primeval, it’s the sound of your heart

there was a time I was four to the bar
but we’ve got to keep moving, you know how we are
through difficult changes, impossible rhymes
my memories of you are all 3/4 time

© 2008 David Stoddard