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I'll Try to Get to it Tomorrow
1. A cancerous tumor
2. Within my lung
3. I knew I would die
4. So very young
5. There is a list I started to write
6. So my life would not be a lie
7. There are many things I want to do
8. Right before I die
9. Number 1 involved doing something
10. That I cannot reply
11. I want to have kissed someone
12. Right before I die
13. Zoey, my best friend,
14. Will help cross off the list
15. It didn't matter how bad it got
16. We were bonded by the wrist.
17. Number 3 is a bit disturbing
18. That I want to get a little high
19. One day I'll do some drugs
20. Right before I die.
21. Adam, the neighbor, with his curly brown hair
22. Had a mother that was sad
23. It was her husband that had an accident
24. And he was hurt just a tad.
25. Number 4 is pretty simple
26. Just something easy to try
27. Adam to bring me on his motorcycle
28. Right before I die.
29. The list drove dad crazy
30. And Cal I might have scared
31. There might be people who thought I was silly
32. But I never would have cared
33. Number 5 is kind of stupid
34. So stupid I want to deny
35. I want to steal some stuff
36. Right before I die
37. It is Adam who will catch me in the moment
38. Another reason I'll want to live
39. I'll fall so hard for that boy
40. But love is all I can give
41. Number 6 I'll take Zoey for a drive
42. For many hours to the sea-side
43. I want to visit my old vacation home
44. Right before I die
45. Something will be wrong with Zoey
46. I wont know, but maybe-
47. In her stomach sitting there
48. A beautiful, microscopic baby imagery
49. Number 7 I need to be known for something
50. It's not something I can buy
51. Fame is what I want to have
52. Right before I die
53. Going on the radio doesn't really count
54. If I will have fame
55. Maybe Adam will post pictures of me
56. And everywhere write my name
57. Number 8 I'll have to make a change
58. And resolve a family tie
59. One day Mom and Dad will be back together
60. Right before I die
61. Almost half the time I'll complete a task
62. I'll end up in this room
63. The one that smells of bleach, pain, and blood
64. With a little hint of doom
65. Number 9 is to fall in love
66. I wont even have to try
67. Adam will have completed this task
68. Right before I die
69. Revisions, mistakes, I'll add a few more
70. Of my growing list
71. If my life becomes a cloudy hole
72. There is nothing I want to miss
73. There are some things I want to do
74. Grow-up, drive and fly
75. Those are some things I'll never do
76. 'Cause I know I'm about to die
77. I'll never see Cal grow up
78. Zoey's baby I'll never carry
79. Dad's hair will never get gray
80. And Adam I'll never marry
81. Instructions for my family
82. Instructions for a friend
83. There is a set of letters to deliver
84. When I reach my end
85. A cancerous tumor
86. Within my lung
87. Why, oh, why?
88. Do I have to die young?
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