Catch me if you can

Catch me if you can
I'm the voice as you replace the receiver
I'm the shadow at your door
Catch me if you can
I'm the hairs on the back of your neck
I'm the echo in the hall

You don't know me
But then I don't know you
But I make a habit of it
I don't know anyone
Not in the biblical sense
Not in any sense
Not that that makes sense
But it does to me

Catch me if you can
I'm the unfamiliar face
I'm the name you can't place
Catch me if you can
I'm the one that if you remembered
You would only want to forget

You don't know me
But then I don't know you
But I am everywhere
When I'm least expected
At the least expected times
But if you were to want me
You wouldn't find me
Like Mona Lisa's smile

© Robert Ford 1994
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