It's complicated Technically I'm certified A walking declaration Of everything I couldn't get right Time is just an anchor But 7 years I think I'm right Now you've changed your number It's like a noose around my life
Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every penny I put away
Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years I've been working nights
My life is like a picture Left out too long in the sun Now I'm trying to remember All the faces of the names i've loved And all that's left of me now Is a cigarette burning bright And a fading memory of All the things I tried to get right
Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every plan I tried to make
Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years I've been working nights
(solo)
Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every bill I went and paid Every card I signed my name Every time I poured my heart out Every threat you made to move out Every cruel word you let just slip out Every cruel word you let just slip out
(solo)
Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years I've been working nights Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years I've been working nights
4 comments:
Ha, that's great. Can you work a dog into it?
Oh My. I really enjoyed this and also the last poem, the Love poem.
You go. Seriously: awesome.
Country, eh? Seems more like folk rock to me. Like Kathleen Edwards. It's good. I can feel the pain and sense of being trapped.
Like this (but better):
It's complicated
Technically I'm certified
A walking declaration
Of everything I couldn't get right
Time is just an anchor
But 7 years I think I'm right
Now you've changed your number
It's like a noose around my life
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every penny I put away
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights
My life is like a picture
Left out too long in the sun
Now I'm trying to remember
All the faces of the names i've loved
And all that's left of me now
Is a cigarette burning bright
And a fading memory of
All the things I tried to get right
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every plan I tried to make
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights
(solo)
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every bill I went and paid
Every card I signed my name
Every time I poured my heart out
Every threat you made to move out
Every cruel word you let just slip out
Every cruel word you let just slip out
(solo)
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights
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