The day is dead Push the sun off to the side I miss your hands Resting over mine Hold me while I cry Sing to me, “You Can Close Your Eyes” And time keeps on Slipping, slipping, slipping Into the future Heal my head Or give me some more time If love is dead I take back all my rights Hold me while I cry Sing to me, “You Can Close Your Eyes” There’s...Learn More

“You say young women are dangerous To you Six years later, now I’m the one with commitment issues You’ll come around Or you won’t And I hope you don’t We sat on the floor talking All night Said he liked my voice, he liked my songs He liked my mind But I wish that I could say the same for you I don’t know if there was much else I could do For...Learn More

“Thanks for all your patience” You mean leaving me in the dark? You weren’t busy, you were sleeping on my heart What’s a month for trying? I’ve been there a million times What’s for baby crying? I’ve been her a million times I am the prophet turning water into wine And if all that came from my lips Was spoken with contempt How could we ever become...Learn More

You called me underrated Said you could look at me forever I believed in you, somehow Only time would tell How long we could be together My threshold’s so much smaller now And of course, I want to be loved And I’m not a fan of giving up I just need convincing A paradox, a woman of stone To want to be loved and left alone I am blindingly cold and...Learn More

Let’s go dine at Chez Nous I can meet your mom and dad I can go all night Pretending I’ve got a rich past We can laugh and drink And have us a good time And forget all about The other ninety-nine I’ll tell a tale about the boys who can’t sit still I’ll tell a tale about the boys who like drunk thrills The lifeless girls and all the things that...Learn More

Strip me down to my mother: I am blind Tell on me to my father Like a child Now that it’s all over Let the dogs run wild Recollection’s just another Cruel device I don’t want to write my own songs I want to sing everybody else’s Yet there’s no one Who feels quite the way I do Loving is a hard game But don’t we love to put ourselves through pain No...Learn More

Who were you to leave me? Who were you to go? Who were you to tell me you loved me? How was I to know? In June, you’d see me And be amused In July, you’d leave me And I’d feel abused I was good to you, baby Oh, I was the best Four more years, or maybe- No, there’s nothing left Nothing to write home about There’s no home to write to, at all My...Learn More

Go on and drink your sorrows In the morning, I’ll be here Love like this is often ignored or sorely missed Love like this is often ignored or sorely missed And in the wake of morrow I’ll be at your bed side Every tear that you’ve cried in a bottle Every tear that you’ve cried in a bottle Don’t tell me you don’t feel The same way that I do Don’t...Learn More

If I waited Hand and foot On any man I'd never get anywhere So I guess it’s For the best that I do everything myself I'll be my own best man I'll be my own best man Often restless And feeling ignored Feigning directionless And existentially bored I’ll be my own savior I'll be my own best man I'll be my own savior I'll be my own best man I'll be my...Learn More

I could figure you out Before you’d think to say “Hey baby, look away” I’ve been spending my time At home by myself It’s not as sad as it may sound No romance, no social I’ve caused enough trouble I think I’ll stay home I’m better off alone I don’t want to talk to you I’m scared you’ll make me cry But everything’s coming up purple In my...Learn More