All the times I enjoyed your company All those times we'd sit and chat for hours All those times all those words flowed so easily All those times we'd share in my dreams [Chorus:] So tell me - why - do i Chat away with ease - when it's only pretend But whenever you stand right in front of me Why then do i freeze All those times i practiced what i'd say For all those times i hoped i'd see you next All those times i was ready, i was set to go Up until you were right in front of me [Chorus repeats] I wish i knew - how you Affect me so inside - how do you get in me When all you're doing is standing right in front of me How then do i get tongue-tied Why then do i freeze A few times, i wasn't just frozen A few times, i actually got out words Though they were stuttered and stammered A few times at least i was heard In those dreams i trust you And one day you'll shield me from the storm One of these days when i start to freeze You'll do or say the right thing to keep me warm Oh - that WOULD be nice To break the ice The ice that had me frozen Or - am i still dreaming, still dozin' [Chorus repeats]

Commentary I don't have a date on this one since the page i found was not the original draft but a later one where i transposed the lyrics onto another sheet of paper to make it more legible (when i first write a song that comes into my head sometimes it looks a bit like chicken scratch since my main concern is to capture it and worry about the penmenship later when i write another draft.) As a result, i can't even venture a guess as to who (if anyone) this was written about though i suppose that's because i was probably writing more about the experience/emotion with a collage in my head about several people in my life this could have applied to. I imagine this is a common feeling...you find someone interesting and you imagine or dream of being with them and in your fantasies you hit it off well and you can hold your own in conversation, being quite witty and charming...but in real life when you get face to face with that person, the words don't come at all or they trip off your tongue in a disjointed embarrassing manner. That is of course, assuming you can manage to say ANYTHING...you may just very well freeze up and not say a word or even acknowledge said person. Though it really could have been written anytime, i will venture a guess that this was written more in the early 90's as opposed to the mid 90's since there's still a sense of innocence and romanticism...the mindset is of wanting to meet someone and still being able to approach them (albeit not all that successfully.) In later years after having a few really bad experiences, i developed a trait which i still carry today where the more interested in someone i may be or the more likely i may be to hit it off with someone, i'll completely shy away from them...stay on the opposite side of the room...avoid conversation etc..."Freeze" could have been written with that in mind as well, but it's hard to tell...i just don't remember. But the song does tend to be more about still wanting to take the plunge where for a decade now, i'm more apt to not even try because i know nothing would happen with someone i found interesting...that it would not be reciprical and to start up any conversation would just be setting myself up to walk the plank or shoot myself in the foot.

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