Yellow

My one and probably only chance
Presents itself right now
The one I was sure would never come
No way, no day, no how

I've mentioned this all before
I'm sure you will recall
Wondering can I risk my pride
And surely the following fall

Banbury babe sits beside me
I've fifteen minutes to go
Before she alights at the next stop
I just don't really know

How to broach any conversation
And this is so unlike me
I can chat away to anyone
Endlessly, happily

Start chats out of thin air
A connection I'll easily find
And before too long our words
Are woven and entwined

But when it's someone that I like
I'm rooted to the ground
Frozen to my very core
Can't make a single sound

My lips are glued together
My stomach feels full of lead
Can't think straight or even
Get a simple thought in to my head

May be all the bravado
Is just masking all my flaws
My throat tries to quell all noise
But I don't want to stop or pause

Can't even find the chance
To say 'Hi' or 'how are you?'
We're pulling in to the station
Now there's nothing I can do

I've failed bloody miserably
Never uttered a single word
Wasn't charming, kind or anything
My voice she never heard

Wonder if she expected me
To say something like 'hello'
We've exchanged so many glances
May be I am just yellow