I wanna kiss a suburban girl My lips wrapped around her snow-whie pearl In the middle of the day At the end of the world I wanna give her Paris and Rome God forbid she ever finds out on her own At the end of the day All the roads lead back home
I'll never worry my dome again I'll never worry my dome again I'll never worry my dome
I wanna kiss a suburban girl Get ripped and fill her head with sentimental words Follow that purple prose Down every rabbit hole I feel blessed, I feel ten feet tall I'm a mess, let's take a trip to the strip mall 'Cause none of my clothes fit And none of it's my fault
I'll never worry my dome again I'll never worry my dome again I'll never worry my dome
I wanna kiss a suburban girl My lips wrapped around her snow-whie pearl In the middle of the day At the end of the world
My monkey made a man out of me Now, I don't need any of your sympathy 'Cause I'm bigger than I was I'm bigger than I was I'm bigger than I was before
My monkey made a man out of me He's got me crying uncle, I am down on my knees But I'm bigger than I was I'm bigger than I was I'm bigger than I was before
All the greens are a little bit greener All the blues are a little bit bluer Now I know that I never knew ya While you were getting smaller I was getting bigger, bigger, bigger, whoo
My monkey made a man out of me I was looking for a cure without a disease Now I'm bigger than I was I'm bigger than I was I'm bigger than I was before My monkey made a man out of me
I can almost see your mind working Sanding down the edges With your nervous laughter And your innocence Suddenly your spirit has shifted This you cannot measure It's the same old fear That brings us together You belong to me now You've been on the wrong side They can't come between us Anyhow, you belong to me Another big idea Drives me to distraction I always end up feeling So insignificant Suddenly my spirit has shifted This I cannot measure With the same old fear That keeps us together You belong to me now You've been on the wrong side They can't come between us Anyhow, you belong to me
Ruby came here with a big idea Ruby came here with a big idea He got no friends, he got no fear But Ruby's got the big idea
Ruby rolled in with a barrel of laughs Ruby rolled in with a barrel of laughs He got no audience, no place to crash But Ruby's got a barrel of laughs Nothing but a barrel of la-la-la-la-la
Ruby sat down and threw his hat in the ring Ruby sat down and threw his hat in the ring He ran out of papers and pink erasers But Ruby had his hat in the ring Oh, yeah, Ruby had his hat in the la-la-la-la-la
Ruby left here with his big ideas Ruby left here with his big ideas He got no applause, but plenty of free beer Ruby had the big idea Oh, yeah, nothing but the big idea
Out on the Interstate, there's a man rushing home to you Just like I did when I had something to rush home to Did you call me over to rub it in? Did you call me over to dig you out? I can't take it when he talks shit Knowing he makes love to you with that mouth It's a tough hang
He thinks he has me pigeonholed with my mall clothes and cologne Yeah, well, I'm not the most original, but at least I have a mind of my own He's in the same suit, different hanger He's in the same frame, different face He is not my doppelganger 'Cause I can't be replaced It's a tough hang
Next time tell him not to dance, and I'll promise not to laugh He can't hold his booze and I can't hold your hand, we're both fading fast He's playing Thumbelina with my Athena He's playing Little Piggies, too I'd like to stay here and babysit with ya But there's nothing left for me to prove It's a tough hang
Don't wait for me to leave Just pretend that I'm not here Our love is a fly on the wall Slowing down just before the fall Try to hang on Baby, it's a long way down
Between each toll of the bell When shadows move themselves In the end it's not how you played It's what you find while sweeping up the stage When the idiot's gone Baby, it's a long way down
He's under your bed He's singing your song Baby, it's a long way down
I could vanish into thin air To join the ones you fear What's the damage, we cut a deal Let's give it time to let it heal Hey, what if I'm wrong? Going out of my head into your arms Baby, it's a long way down
The older I get, the more it seems I watch my dreams get smaller Hell, no, don't get me wrong I want more out of this life Than I ever wanted It's just that these days, I'd settle for less These days are second best
It's a line that's been drawn I can't tell which side I'm on There's a line that's been drawn I've seen this coming all along
There's hope for the best in those dog-eared pages That still jump out of my favorite books Though the innocence in my eyes has faded I tell myself to take a second look Like I'm some kind of castaway who swears he sees land Can I see a show of hands?
It's a line that's been drawn I can't tell which side I'm on There's a line that's been drawn I've seen this coming all along
Hammering restless thoughts into bad poetry Lying on our backs laughing at the sun Like we were the first ones to ever see The moon and the stars turn into cliches You guessed it, it rained on our parade
It's a line that's been drawn I can't tell which side I'm on There's a line that's been drawn I've seen this coming all along
You should have seen You should have seen me You should have seen You had to see this coming You had to see this coming You should have seen You should have seen me
The moon and the sun Fight for room in the sky Nothing tonight is gonna come easy I set fire to her heart So I could find her in the dark The sad part is she believed me
She let me get away with everything She let me get away with everything I let her get away
A spare set of keys Were overnighted to me I was delighted to see a note attached Looks like one of the seeds I have sown Spread inside of her like mold On the cement basement floor Where I laid her down
She let me get away with everything She let me get away with everything I let her get away
It all came back in my face The past sprayed out like mace But it was just a little taste of what was to come Now the only room she's left for me Is on her answering machine Where I say anything to anyone
She lets me get away with everything She lets me get away with everything I let her get away
Can't get with no program Wanna answer to no man But my heart isn't in it My heart isn't in it now Looking for some breakthrough Looking to raise some hell But my heart isn't in it My heart isn't in it now I spin, she twirls We're in our own world Not a big believer Not a high achiever Could put the shine in the finish Could put the shine in the finish now Do you wanna supersize it? Hey, now, that's a red flag You're never gonna finish It's too big to finish now I spin, she twirls We're in our own world Can't get with no program Wanna answer to no man But my heart isn't in it My heart isn't in it now
I bet you'd feel like talking if I was filming a movie About your life and what it really means From the outside looking in As shadows fill the wall of a cave in a downtown theater All your mistakes add up, well, it's a real tearjerker Your life is such a mess, but everyone's impressed When I play Make no mistake I play, make no mistake
It's not the way it should be, it's how it's gonna be It's not a flashback, it's a memory All eyes are fixed on you Fade in, your past crashes in, waves on the lawn Fade out, your last laugh lasts a little too long In your contract, there's a clause, so you better save your applause When I play Make no mistake I play, make no mistake
I bet you'd find inspiration if I loaned you a car With a map to the homes of porno stars I know you dream about that stuff On video when you're alone you can't get enough of her But inside her own home, boy, you can't get it up for her Send in the stunt man Your family will be so proud You're gonna have to peel them from the couch When I play Make no mistake I play, make no mistake
If I say act right now in something you believe in I bet you'd say all the good ideas have already been taken So let the vultures have their way Emptying the shelves in the bargain basements Filling the same frames with different places Take one last look at yourself Because the film is running out
Since I've called off the dogs They have left her to bleed Just a mother who is lost Without a mouth to feed Plastic covers the furniture Where she ate her own The last time I heard from her I was screening my phone We both hurt so much Waiting for closure Hush, baby, hush It's almost over Since she's called off the dogs They've gone looking for a place to die It's not the house where you lived It's where she keeps you alive In a plastic-covered wedding dress Laid out on your bed Only love lasts forever Memories cling to the dead We both hurt so much Waiting for closure Hush, baby, hush It's almost over
