[Intro]
And any remaining interest my friends have in me
Is just “hey, this animal can talk”

[Verse 1]
So all your friends are leavin' town
You're hidin' out in your parents' house
They wonder why you never go to church
Hard to explain why it doesn't work
'Cause you're not livin' in sin well
But you're not livin' in health well
And you're a danger to yourself well
And to pedestrians
(How are you doing?)
I co-write my songs with myself
He feels the feelin's, I write the words
I co-write my songs with myself
He feels the feelin's, I write the words
He writes down his feelin's
I say

[Chorus]
"And he never saw the bright lights
And he never had a good time
And he never saw the bright lights
And he never saw the good times"
[Verse 2]
So I sleep in my old loft bed
And search for hope inside my head
But even in my dreams
I know the difference between what I want
And what I got
'Cause what I got is
[Mumbling]
(How are you doing?)
Why’s the door locked?
I’ll be out in a minute, second
Ooh, these are good lyrics
I should charge a dollar per thought and
What I want, what I want
What I want, what I want
What I want, what I want
What I want, what I want

[Bridge]
Love, isn't love enough?
At least not how I'm makin' it
Love, isn't love enough?
I think this is the other thing
(Ah, it must be the system
It's getting me down
It's the system that's causing my problems)
Don't get mad at the system
You can't change the system
Get mad at your lover
You can affect your lover
(Like pulling out nails with the back of the hammer)
(How are you doing?)
[Verse 3]
Spendin' my money in twelve dollar increments
Milkshake plus tip adds up to more than I think
And I admit my heart is a laughingstock
But that's why, that's why, that's why, that's why, that’s why
'Cause I don’t want to be perceived (Yeah)
As a thing you can believe in
I'm an optical illusion
And pretty soon I think I’m leavin'

[Chorus]
And he never saw the bright lights
And he never had a good time
And he never saw the bright lights
And he never saw the good times
And he never saw the good times
(And he—and he—good times)
(Never saw—never saw—never—good times)

[Verse 4]
When I stopped laughin' and got to thinkin'
When I stopped laughin' at how much we were drinkin'
When you never called me back
When I was starin' at the paint crack
Fun while it lasted but it didn’t last
It was fun while it lasted but it didn’t
It was fun while it lasted but it didn’t last
It was fun while it lasted but it didn’t
Love, isn't love enough?
There's nothing in the medicine
Love, isn't love enough?
[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
(Like pulling out nails
With the back of the hammer, a hammer, a hammer)
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone
Only her voice and bones are left; at last
Only her voice, her bones are turned to stone