[Verse 1]
Runnin' back from the parlor
My head underwater again
Caught in the headlock
You brought to a knife fight, and then
Criminal clash
Four words [?]
Hmmm, mmmm, mmmm

[Verse 2]
Blow the rooves off the houses
That come with their spouses, and I
Watch it all from the window
The terrified neighbors go by
Shooting blanks, in their yard
Still they don't go too far

[Chorus]
Curse the fist, love the bruise
Blame it on your tattoos


Sit in silence with Sylvia Plath

Still look like your mom
With your makeup all gone
You should call before things get too bad


Kleptomaniacal face in the mirror
Memorizing the tiles above the bath

[Bridge]
I've got a good thing going
Wearing holes in all my shoes
Cryin' pretty at the movies
When the hero looks like you
Soaked in temporary crazy
I'll exploit and then discard


'Til my words are all but buried
With the dog in my backyard


[Outro]


The boys have all been fleeing since the summer rolled around

Don't they know the world is over everywhere by now


I gotta know if the angels really have a thousand eyes

Everything I hate about myself is just you in disguise
I've got a feelin'
I watch you leavin'