Georgia LaRue

Take the Time

Take the Time- By Georgia La Rue

One look at you, and I can’t breath.
Time slips out of place.                               
I hear your voice; I’m on the edge of my seat,
Studying the curves of your face.

So we dance along
Building a world on the wings of a dream              (Play on the quote: The promise that was founded securely on a fairy’s wing)
I catch every smile you fake the rock of the world
And I hope one day, you’ll come back to me.  

CHORUS:
Oh won’t you take the time to fall back in love with me?
I’ve been right here all along
Being everything you need
I’m reaching out.
I’m reaching out.

I tried to win you over with my charm,
Pulled out all the stops.
But your cold gray eyes kept feeding me lies       
Telling my to dig up what we lost.     (Gatsby lived in the past, clinging to the love he had)

You never knew how I lost my soul
Crawled inside a bottle for good.                               (Pointing out the use of alcohol for suppression of emotion)
I wanted to believe that the promise stood a chance   
But deep down I knew it never would.

CHORUS
Please, won’t you stay?
I can’t bear to lose sight of this dream.

I couldn’t care less about time moving on
If the dream is gone, so am I.
Just give me the green light to keep moving forward
And watch me fly!

Please fall in love with me.
Take the time to fall in love with me.
Won’t you take the time?
Won’t you take the time?
I’m still standing with my arms open wide, clinging to all I know.
The least you could do is take the time.

*From a musical perspective, the piano’s repeating left hand is meant to symbolize the play on time that Fitzgerald creates. The A minor key signature is supposed to allude to the suppressed emotions of the characters. Then as the song shifts to new keys, the lyrics shift to more a honest feel, pointing out the heart of the matter: the need to bring back lost love.

Song for Daisy's Heart

Song for Daisy’s Heart - By Georgia La Rue

1-2-3-4 boys at her door
Merely flavors to pick and choose.    (Decadent
5-6-7-8 hearts she can break            influence of the
And none of them have a clue.          roaring 20s)

If she should need a drink to be fetched, a light bulb changed, or a child raised,
She just lets out a sigh and waves her hand             (referring to her utter lack of work experience)
And suddenly she’s in command.

CHORUS:
Oh heartbreaker love taker immune to admiring
Why don’t you go on your own?
Oh love chaser life racer with flirt never tiring
Is scared of being alone.

Their hears throbbing from her emotional flogging
A torture as old as time
By twos and by tens, a murder of men  
(word choice inspired by her criminal record)
Take numbers and get in line.

CHORUS
 She laughs and cries diamond tears from her eyes   
Not feeling joy or pain. (Daisy is dispassionate when it comes to making change and it reflects in her inability to fully show emotion)                     
She has lost her lad and is still feeling bad   
She may never see him again.

Dear boys who stand wringing their hands, waiting for just a smile.
Let go of your hopes toss dreams you can’t have.    (Don’t be like Gatsby in fighting for the unattainable. It won’t end well)
Don’t live in denial.   

Give her time giver her space, not chocolates or lace
Just air to clear her mind.
She doesn’t have the strength to get over him yet,
She quite simply needs more time.

CHORUS
Is scared of being alone.
She’s scared of being alone.

*The song’s simple structure is meant to magnify the complacency in Daisy’s life. She gets what she wants without ever lifting a finger and lives life almost like a child, being easily manipulated. The lyrics are meant to poke fun at her blissfully ignorant demeanor, but still point out her fragility due to lost love.

This stanza refers to Gatsby’s desire to go back in time with Daisy and points out his need to impress her. “Reaching out” directly refers to his reaching for the green light across the bay.

Reference to the scene where Gatsby and Daisy meet. Gatsby clumsily knocks a clock off the mantle while Daisy is rigid in her seat, staring at her long lost love.

Foreshadowing Gatsby’s death, the green light disappears once he theoretically wins Daisy (his unattainable dream). Adding the action of flying at the end is meant to illustrate Gatsby’s “achiever” qualities. He always reached for the stars.

This song is for the male callers that Daisy disregarded between her loss of Gatsby and her marriage to Tom.

Daisy is oblivious to those around her and most likely abused their affections. In my opinion, she kept dating in fear of loneliness (similar to her reasons for marrying Tom)