Nicolette Aubourg

Lyrics

Craig’s List
(“Craig’s List” is a tongue-in-cheek song about online dating on the website “craigslist”. I wrote this song before I knew that there was a real Craig behind this hugely successful website!)

Dear Craig,
Thank you for the list. I must admit at first I thought of everyone I’d kiss!
There was the artist, and frugal Martin, and everyone that I dissed -
so many emails, so exciting - a whole new world, so inviting!

Dear Craig,
Thank you for the list.
You gave me hope when I had none -
I thought I was dismissed.

Lots of photos, lots of typos - why can’t we even spell?
And why does it take so long to make the transition to the phone?
Behind the profile we can be the person of their dreams;
post a photo ten years old and maybe we will fit their mould!

Dear Craig,
Thank you for the list.
You gave me hope when I had none -
I thought I was dismissed.

And now and then there is the one who makes it seem worthwhile.
We even talk and meet, and swap the details of our lives!
But then he emails less and less - did I misread something he said?
I check the saved ones to be sure, but I’m no wiser than before.

Dear Craig,
Thank you for the list.
You gave me hope when I had none -
I thought I was dismissed.
Dear Craig,
PS. Who are you?
Are you single?
Do you get my gist?

Words & Music by Nicolette Aubourg ©2005