I'm in Love With Emily Dickinson.    Words and Music - Pete Morton
	I'm in love with Emily Dickinson, I ought to tell the street, Climb upon the rooftop and proclaim the mystic sweet, But this town is always happening and bound to think I'm mad, Too busy through the day turning present into past. I'm in love with Emily Dickinson, that's why I've never wed, I feel and think she knows me and feeds me sacred bread, Some say she died years ago, but we can all say that, Little talking creatures upon the planet's back.  I'm in love with Emily Dickinson, I heard her down the hall, Her big dress brushing on the floor, and her shadow on the wall. I took a moment backwards, found space between the worlds, She says 'I'm nobody! Who are you?', that's how I met my girl.  I'm in love with Emily Dickinson, that's why I stay indoors, And let the world go proudly by, saluting on its horse. It does so well without me and it wasn't here before, The progress doesn't change me or Emily at all.  I'm in love with Emily Dickinson and I'm trying to tell you how, She maybe nineteenth century but that's the same as now, I'm boxed up in this modern age of light and speed and wings, But I'm waiting for my darling to write the latest things.  I'm in love with Emily Dickinson and I'll vanish o'er the hill, Because time devours time here while Emily stays still. She's so close to my heart and I read her poems there, As I walk the dream between God's love and life's despair.  I'm in love with Emily Dickinson, I ought to tell the street, Climb upon the rooftops and proclaim the mystic sweet, But this town is always happening and bound to think I'm mad, Too busy through the day turning present into past.  Lyrics and music: ©2004 Pete Morton