Ali Handal: Music & Video
Convince Me
(Ali Handal)
You started something with me
and I’d like to let you finish,
but I’m not gonna stand in line
Good things come to those who wait
but hey baby, don’t waste my time
Lady luck has dealt your card
but if you want to win this hand,
ya’ gotta play hard
Convince me –
‘cause you haven’t hooked me yet
Convince me –
or this is all you’re gonna get
Convince me –
you better show me a sign
Convince me – if you wanna stay mine
Don’t expect to satisfy my constant cravings
with the crumbs you choose to spare
If you starve me long enough,
I’m gonna lose my patience
and take my pretty face elsewhere
Lady luck has dealt your card
but if you want to win this hand,
ya’ gotta play hard
Convince me –
‘cause you haven’t hooked me yet
Convince me –
or this is all you’re gonna get
Convince me –
you better show me a sign
Convince me – if you wanna stay mine
I’m not your flavor of the month for you to taste and then decide
you should know there’s no free ride
STORY BEHIND THE SONG:
“This song started out as a poem my dear friend Ilene Bergelson wrote and emailed to me. In her words, “O.K. I jut wrote this. JUST wrote this. So I could wait until I’ve refined it more before I share it, but I don’t feel like waiting.”
I loved it! Here’s what she wrote:”
Just Me
You started something with me
I’m not going to let you finish
The trap you set awaits me
But I’m not going near it
All your kisses won’t make me willing
To stand in line
Time
So you need time to sort it out
Well get to it, Baby
Make a move, make up your mind.
I’m not reeled in yet
I’m not the feast at your table
I’m not the new addition to your harem
Or the philly for your stable
There’s a lot more you’ll never know
If you stay inside your heart,
Turn your back on what’s missing,
And you lose the best part
I’m not who you mke me out to be
I am me
I won’t settle like all the others
Unsatisfied with the crumbs you choose to spare
If you starve me long enough
I’ll spend my time elsewhere
Cause you haven’t got me yet
Not quite
No not at all
You want me in your life
You have to work hard
Look at me
I’m not the new excuse you use
To justify your fear of intimacy
Can you see?
I want nothing more than you want for yourself
I don’t represent shackles
And the loss of your independence
You can’t give me more than you’ll get back in spades
So stop the games
Hide and seek
Dangling yourself in front of me
Waiting to see if I’ll take the bait
I’m not reeled in yet
I’m not the feast at your table
I’m not the new addition to your harem
or the philly for your stable
There’s a lot more you’ll never know
If you stay inside your heart,
Turn your back on what’s missing,
And you lose the best part
I’m not who you make me out to be
I am me.
© Written by Ilene Bergelson, 1998.