Sheldon Swifties X: "Train Dreams…"
Summary: Brief bits, not necessarily connected…Possibly related to the idea that sooner or later I plan to pit Sheldon against junior adult fiction's greatest inventor…
Disclaimer: What's Chuck's is Chuck's…No infringement intended…
[AMY]
"There was a time when he was kind
When his voice was soft
And his words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong…"
(Penny eyeing Leonard, Leonard, Penny… "I think we've been living in a parallel universe…" he noted…)
"I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that Fate would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted…"
("I think she means the time we found her drunk in a parking lot…" Leonard noted…
"What?...Why would Amy do that?..." "Oh, advice from some best friend of hers…")
"Hey!" Amy frowned… "Pouring my heart out here…!"
(Sorry…Chorus…)
[AMY]
"But the trains come at night
With their hootings soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame…Shame…Shame…Goddamn all trains!...
He held my hand by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my whole heart in his stride
But he is gone to play with trains
And still I dream that he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I grew up in
So different now from what it seemed
Now Sheldon's killed the dream I dreamed…"
(Agonized diminuendo)
("Amy, I'm sure he'll be back as soon as the train convention's over…He did invite you along, even if he knew you'd say no…" Leonard, patting arm…
"Leonard, my agony is no reason to excuse you putting moves on me once again…" frown…
"Yeah…" Penny, grim look at…What?...Leonard…)