Bread – Aubrey

And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name.
But who’s to blame?
For a love that wouldn’t bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune.
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn’t mean a thing.

And Aubrey was her name.
We triped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening to fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,

But God I miss the girl,
And I’d go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me.

And Aubrey was her name,
I never knew her, but I loved her just the same,
I loved her name.
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay.
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest.
If I can’t have the one I want, I’ll do without the best.

But how I miss the girl
And I’d go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day…

a life of sanity and dignity
you know it takes two
and what’s the use in being a millionaire
if I can’t have you

I wanna buy you… a home
I’ll pay your friends if you’re feeling alone
the pain of losing a guy like you
it’s a bigger cost than paying your dues

I can buy you oh yeah oh yeah
but I can’t make you do what you don’t
and I can hire you oh yeah oh yeah
but I can’t make you love me
I can’t make you

you say I never go for little
and I always need more
and you’re a thousand dollar playboy
that I just can’t afford
but I guess you got me oh oh
you got me hanging around for too long
I don’t wanna stop it oh no oh no
I bought you a life and it’s with me you belong

I can buy you oh yeah oh yeah
but I can’t make you do what you don’t
and I can hire you oh yeah oh yeah
but I can’t make you love me
I can’t make you care

so if I can’t make you love me
if I can’t make you care
what prize can take me there
in this world?
somebody told me cash is king
I didn’t mean to force you oh no
but I bet you fortune it’s with me you belong

and I can buy you oh yeah oh yeah
but I can’t make you do what you don’t
and i can hire you oh yeah oh yeah
but i can’t make you love me
I can’t make you care
I can’t take you there
anymore…

Bukan, ini bukan topik tentang kebijakan kampus yang melarang penggunaan sandal. Hei bicara soal sandal, (aku jadi teringat kelakuan ex Dekan-ku yang sekarang naik pangkat jadi Pembantu Rektor, yang selalu memarahi orang-orang di fakultas yang memakai sandal, dengan dia sendiri sedang memakai… SANDAL!!!

Hampir semua anak muda di sini (Surabaya maksudnya) tau, sebuah acara besar berupa kompetisi mading antar sekolah (mungkin sekarang sudah menjadi se-Jawa Timur) yang sangat besar dan bergengsi. Acara itu selalu berevolusi, dengan seorang jurnalis (calon chairman dari sebuah koran yang sangat-sangat besar di Jawa Timur, soalnya anaknya sih…) yang menjadi otak pengembang disetiap acara-acara sebuah bagian artikel khusus untuk anak muda tersebut.

Sebelum hari H, ada sebuah artikel “pemanasan sebelum acara” yang menyebutkan bahwa para penonton harus berpakaian yang sopan (ini masih masuk akal) dan tidak boleh memakai sandal.

“Hm… pasti entar ada apa-apa nih”, begitu dugaanku waktu itu.

Eh, ternyata benar! Ketika acara berlangsung dengan sukses, penuh dengan memorabilia (wajar, namanya juga promosi :P ) itu, tentu saja tertampang dengan jelas di headline artikel untuk daerah Surabaya. Lucunya, di gambar headline tersebut terlihat bahwa pembawa acaranya (seorang Master of Ceremony terkenal di Jakarta, pembawa acara pagi hari bersama partnernya Desta di Prambors FM, masak nggak tau?) ternyata… memakai SANDAL!

Hmm… apakah sekarang pemakai sandal selalu diidentikkan dengan orang tak tahu diri, tak berpendidikan, wes pokoke jelek kabeh? Pantas saja penjahat berdasi dan bersepatu mahal sekarang semakin banyak :) )