Take Me Out
We fell in love that semester
Two college kids who met on campus
Too busy with getting good grades
We didn’t have time for each other
She was from an upper-class family
Tried so hard to fill her daddy’s shoes
I can feel her desire of wanting to be free
I knew what I had to do
I went to her dorm that Sunday evening
Exhausted from all that studying
I tossed her books aside and took her for a drive
It was then she came alive
She said take me out
Somewhere past those city lights
Fire up those high beams
Don’t you dare slowing down
Driving across those county lines
Drive until the end of the night
Help me live my best dreams
Far away from that college town
So, boy, just take me out
She fell asleep in her seat
By dawn, we arrived at Myrtle Beach
When she got out of my truck
She started to cry at what she saw
We jumped into that blue water
Threw off our clothes in the sand
When we walked together and held hands
Not a single word about those midterms
After we made love all afternoon
I knew I made her dreams come true
That evening, she asked me for one more thing
I knew what she wanted me to do
She said take me out
Somewhere past those city lights
Fire up those high beams
Don’t you dare slow down
Driving across those county lines
Drive until the end of the night
Help me live my best dreams
Far away from that college town
So, boy, just take me out
She’s back in her world and I’m stuck in mine
When that Garth Brooks song plays every time
I can still see her in my mind
I hope she feels the same as well
I hope who she’s with will take her out
Somewhere past those city lights
Fire up those high beams
Don’t you dare slow down
Driving across those county lines
Drive until the end of the night
Help me live her best dreams
Far away from that college town
So, please, just take her out
By Jacques Wang
