The Last And-John K. Samson

[00:00.42]09.The Last And [00:02.67]. [00:11.80]So, I'm the first one in again, [00:19.05]With the quiet and the window growing snow, [00:30.41]When I hear the furnace rouse itself [00:37.35]From its slumber, somehow suddenly I know, [00:44.72]As my eye stops on one curled up in my lesson plan [00:56.66]That I'm just your little ampersand. [01:06.78]. [01:11.05]When your voice springs from the intercom [01:17.55]With announcements, and reminders, and a prayer, [01:30.05]I remember how you made me feel, [01:36.77]I was funny, I was thoughtful, I was rare, [01:46.40]But like the jokes about my figure [01:50.27]Kids think that I don't understand [01:58.27]I know I'm just your little ampersand [02:05.65]. [02:10.77]After Christmas holiday [02:17.83]You never asked to drive me home again [02:29.90]Sometimes in the staff room I [02:37.39]Catch your eye with "why'd it have to end," [02:46.52]But I know from how you worry at your wedding band [02:58.77]That I'm just your little ampersand [03:06.33]. [03:47.46]At the last conjunction after every other and [03:59.52]I was just your little ampersand