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I took the Polaroid down in my room,
I’m pretty sure you have a new girlfriend.
It’s not as if I don’t like you,
It just makes me sad whenever I see it.

Cause I like to be gone most of the time,
And you like to be home most of the time.
If I stay in one place I lose my mind.
I’m a pretty impossible lady to be with.

Joey never met a bike that he didn’t want to ride,
And I never met a Toby that I didn’t like.
Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended,
Even if he didn’t I wouldn’t be offended.

I had a dream that had to drive to Madison
To deliver a painting for some silly reason.
I took a wrong turn and ended up in Michigan.
Paul Baribeau took me to the giant tire swing.
Gave me a push and he started singing
I sang along while I was swinging.
The sound of our voices made us forget everything
That had ever hurt our feelings.

Joey never met a bike that he didn’t want to ride,
And I never met a Toby that I didn’t like.
Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended,
Even if he didn’t I wouldn’t be offended I wouldn’t be offended.

Now I’m home for less than twenty-four hours.
That’s hardly time to take a shower,
Hug my family and take your picture off the wall,
Check my email write a song and make a few phone calls.
Before it’s time to leave again,
I’ve got one hand on the steering wheel
One waving out the window.
If I’m a spinster for the rest of my life,
My arms will keep me warm on cold and lonely nights.

Joey never met a bike that he didn’t want to ride,
And I never met a Toby that I didn’t like.
Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended,
Even if he didn’t I wouldn’t be offended

Have you ever had a dream that your favorite baby’s drowning
And you grab him by his sweater sleeve
Pull him up onto the ground
And you can hear the water slosh
Around inside his tiny gut
You push his belly up and down
But he can’t cough the water up
Suddenly a flood comes out his mouth
Til there is nothing left
Inside of him he’s empty now
There isn’t even one small breath
And he goes limp in your arms
All the peoples’ mouths are moving
All you hear are car alarms
And you wake up and start to cry
I will lose my shit if even one more person dies
So please don’t die

My mom’s sick she’s in a hospital bed
I’ve got a word for all you ghosts in her head
And all you skeletons in her closet
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Please because my mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone
As long as she is haunted she’ll never get strong
My mom needs you gone

You traded all your paper clips for a soap dish
That way your best friends rubber ducky wouldn’t slip and slide away
But he traded his rubber duck for a cigar box
To place your paper clips in
Mr. Hooper came to say
Oh my dear friends Bert and Ernie
Here’s a little something for each of you from me
Here are your paper clips and here is your rubber ducky
How could I ignore such selfless generosity

the human body’s made up of good and bad bacteria
But the antibiotics and the antibacterials are killin’ all the good ones
And the bad ones just get stronger
And become super infections
It’s harder to destroy them
And it’s harder to detect them
And there’s something in her blood
And there’s something in her leg
And there’s something in her brain

My mom’s sick she’s in a hospital bed
I’ve got a word for all you ghosts in her head
And all you skeletons in her closet
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Please because my mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone
As long as she is haunted she’ll never get strong
My mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone

Loose lips might sink ships, but loose gooses take trips
To San Francisco, double dutch disco,
Tech TV hottie, do it for scotty,
Do it for the living and do it for the dead,
Do it for the monsters under your bed,
Do it for the teenagers and do it for your mom,
Broken hearts hurt but they make us strong and

We won’t stop until somebody calls the cops,
And even then we’ll start again and just pretend that
Nothing ever happened.

We won’t stop until somebody calls the cops,
And even then we’ll start again and just Pretend that
Nothing ever happened.

We’re just dancing, we’re just hugging,
Singing, screaming, kissing, tugging
On the sleeve of how it used to be
How’s it gonna be?
I’ll drop kick Russell Stover, move into the starting over house
And know Matt Rouse and jest are watching me achieve my dreams
And we’ll pray, all damn day, every day,
That all this shit our president has got us in will go away
While we strive to figure out a way we can survive
These trying times without losing our minds

So if you wanna burn yourself, remember that I love you
And if you wanna cut yourself, remember that I love you
And if you wanna kill yourself, remember that I love you
Call me up before your dead, we can make some plans instead
Send me an IM, I’ll be your friend

Shysters live from scheme to scheme And my 4th quarter pipe dreams
Are seeming more and more worth fighting for
So I’ll curate some situations, make my job a big vacation
And I’ll say “F**k Bush, and f**k this war.”
My war paint is sharpie ink and I’ll show you how much my shit stinks,
And ask you what you think because your thoughts and words are powerful.
They think we’re disposable, well both my thumbs opposable
Are spelled out on a double word and triple letter score

We won’t stop until somebody calls the cops,
And even then we’ll start again and just Pretend that
Nothing ever happened.

We won’t stop until somebody calls the cops,
And even then we’ll start again and just pretend that
Nothing ever happened.

We’re just dancing, we’re just hugging,
Singing, screaming, kissing, tugging
On the sleeve of how it used to be

Have you ever been swindled by a swindler who lies
’cause he wants to see you smile, have a good time, be inspired
and he doesn’t want for you to cry or know he cries inside
so he hides behind his great triumphant rock and roll disguise
we want things to be real but you really can’t deny
we feel excited and on fire is it wrong to lie and say he’s fine
when the reason he’s not fine is the pressure of the power changing lives
and just for an hour all these people will be better people
take this job and shove it, adios I’m a ghost
I am leaving for the coast and I’ll never work for anyone again
I am not your savior or your heavenly host
I’m just a piece of zwieback toast
getting soggy in a baby’s achin’ mouth
I’m going south like the geese
I just goosed you and so maybe I seem loose to you
but I don’t even want to spoon
and I did once
but I don’t now
now that I see how you do things
the way you play and sing’s amazing
but the way you play the game is crazy
you don’t have to say you’re sorry you don’t owe me anything
don’t owe me anything
sometimes it seems like I’ve got all the answers
but the answers aren’t the same when the questions keep on changing
like how will I react when I see my mother crying
every single day ’cause she is afraid of dying?
and how will I contain my anger
when Delila plays Unchained Melody instead of Lost In Your Eyes?
and where will I go where I can feel safe
when my family sells its place and we all split up and move away?
I’m trying to be brave ’cause when I’m brave
other people feel brave
but I feel like my heart is caving in
I’m trying to be brave ’cause when I’m brave
other people feel brave
but I feel like my heart is caving in
I’m trying to be brave ’cause when I’m brave
other people feel brave
but I feel like my heart is caving in