I’ve Never Stopped Calling You Movie Star

9.27.2017

 

My mother recently shared a story about me when I was very young.

I had not gotten something I wanted, so in my spoiled rotten mood I told her

I would no longer call her a movie star.

I didn’t mean it.

 

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We’ve travelled time

We’ve travelled far

I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

 

I’ve grown a few feet up

Two thousand miles too far

But I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

 

You’ve given me life

You’ve given me light

Flip off any switch

And call it

The dark of night

But the camera’s still on

Illuminates

Makes it right

As you take to the stage

And into the spotlight

You’re a movie star

It’s what you are

I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

 

Just a threat

From a child

Who didn’t get his way

A mean wind passing through

An otherwise perfect day

Look up to the skies

See the sun

See the stars

I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

 

We’ve aged

We’ve grown

Fifty years from my start

Though aged

Though grown

We’ve never grown apart

The distance between

Not the distance between hearts

I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

I’ve never stopped calling you

Movie star

 

You’ve given me life

You’ve given me light

Flip off any switch

And call it

The dark of night

But the camera’s still on

Illuminates

Makes it right

As you take to the stage

And into the spotlight

You’re a movie star

It’s what you are

I never stopped calling you

Movie star

 

But the name

I prefer

One I prefer by far

Oh the name

I prefer

Is much closer to the heart

So the name I call out

Much more than movie star

Is mom

And I’ve never stopped calling you

Mom