[Verse 1: Aimee Mann]
Shall we agree that just this once
I'm gonna change my life
Until it's just as tiny or
Important as you like?
And in time, we won't even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
Like smoke, disappears in the air
There's always something smoldering somewhere

[Chorus: Aimee Mann & Aimee Mann & Elvis Costello]
I know it don't make a difference to you
But oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope

[Verse 2: Aimee Mann]
There was a time not long ago
I dreamt that the world was flat
And all the colors bled away
And that was that
And in time, I could only believe in one thing
The sky was just phosphorus stars hung on strings
And you swore that they'd always be mine
When you can pull them down anytime
[Chorus: Aimee Mann & Aimee Mann & Elvis Costello]
I know it don't make a difference to you
But oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope

[Bridge: Aimee Mann & Elvis Costello]
There, there baby now, don't say a word (Don't say a word)
Lie down, baby, your vision is blurred (Your vision is blurred)
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don't want to hurt you now
But I think you're shrinking (I think you're shrinking) (Shrinking)

[Verse 3: Aimee Mann]
You're half-naked ambition and
You're half out of your wits
And though your wristwatch always works
Your necktie never fits
Now it's so hard to pick the receiver up and when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
But the answer was under your nose
But the question never arose

[Chorus: Aimee Mann & Aimee Mann & Elvis Costello]
I know it don't make a difference to you
But oh, it sure made a difference to me
When you find me here at the end of my rope
When the head and heart of it finally elope
You can see us off in the distance, I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope