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I Hope You Understand Dear is about
breaking off an affair with a laptop. Some of us
use work to avoid painful feelings. We medicate by
working compulsively and accomplishing things, even
though we may be dying inside from loneliness. We
feel that "if we can just get enough control of the
world around us, we can make everything work out
just right." Obsessive romance and "falling in
love" are powerful medicators, and we can actually
have an “affair” with our work to avoid
facing some of the painful realities of our
relationships at home.
I Hope You Understand Dear
For years I’ve been watchin’ folks on
the T.V.
Sometimes it seemed they were more real than me
Then I met you computer, you wanted my touch
Y’gave me the ‘control’ that I
needed so much!
I hope you understand Dear, you’ll forgive
me, I know
Y’follow every ‘command’ Dear, but
I’m going back home!
There was something attractive ‘bout your
organized mind
I turned you on and our lives intertwined
I spent so much time sittin’, just gazing at
you
That my wife, she suspected and my kids, they did
too!
Well we didn’t try t’hide it, we
started ‘scrollin’ around
We’d go out on ‘datas’ and
you’d never ‘go down’
So I knew you meant business, that you weren’t
the cheap kind
But I need some body, Darlin’, not just some
mind!!
My wife and kids miss me, ‘n heck, you
never smile,
So I’m goin’ back dear, t’start a
new ‘file’!
Now the thrill is all gone, so it’s not worth
the risk,
And it’s tough to play games with an old
‘floppy disk’!
I hope you understand Dear, you’ll forgive
me, I know
I need someone with hands Dear, so I’m going
back home!
But back home in the bedroom, my life was a
wreck!
My wife was in bed, with ‘mega-bytes’ on
her neck!
‘Warm boots’ in the hall,
‘Wordstars’ in her eyes,
A ‘User-friendly’ computer lyin’
there on her thighs!
(I couldn’t ‘cursor’ for that, so I
said,)
I hope you understand Dear, and you’ll
forgive me, I know!
Cause this ‘terminal illness’ has been
wrecking our home!!!
I hope you understand Dear, cause I love you so
much!
So let’s write some new ‘programs’,
that’ll keep us in touch!
I hope you understand Dear, and you’ll
forgive me, I know!
You’re just right for this man Dear, so
I’m comin’ back home!
Written by Peter Alsop,
©1985, Moose School Music (BMI)
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Peter
Alsop is a nationally known singer-songwriter,
educator and humorist with a Ph.D. in educational
psychology. He graduated from Trinity College in
Connecticut and did his doctoral work at Columbia
University's Teachers' College and Columbia Pacific
University. He worked as the Director of The Harbor
Schools Residential Treatment Center for
emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine and as a
New York City elementary school teacher in the
South Bronx ghetto.
Peter has produced nineteen
audio recordings and seven videos and dvd's for
which he consistently wins "Best Children's" awards
from Parents' Choice and the Association For
Independent Music. His songs are used daily by
thousands of parents, educators and human service
professionals to help families discuss sensitive
issues. His "Wake Up" video with John Ritter helps
families prevent child abuse and abduction. He's
acted on stage and on television, directed a
feature film, and performs extensively at
conferences, festivals and concerts throughout the
United States, Canada as well as hosting an annual
training workshops at his Otter Space conference
center in Northern California. He lives in Topanga,
California with his wife, actress/director Ellen
Geer, and their two daughters Willow and Megan.
Contact: Moose School Productions, Box 960,
Topanga, CA 90290 or 310-455-2318 or
E-Mail
or peteralsop.com
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