You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better Doomsday's coming but I can't be bothered with stuff like that I'm thinkin', I'm prayin', I'm doin' the best that I can to help Without any of the things you would- You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Waitin' around for that fat man With a pistol in my hand You got me blue, baby Let's talk about something else You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better Gettin' warmer And every day I get a little bit older So they ask me, they say, "Ricky, What do you think about everything that's happenin' all the time?" I say It makes no difference to me If the ocean comes up to my knees I'll wear a wetsuit while sippin' my tea Whatever will be will be Like it should be You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better If your heart gets broken, be less in love If you don't know who you are, be someone else If you think you're depressed, cheer up It's so easy to be happy You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better You can make it better, better, better

Home A motel where the roaches line the room I can smell you on my Coca-Cola shirt I'm only asking if and when you're mine With your puppy clawing at my arm I want to break every glass on the kitchenette floor Leave the bugs, shut the door and get to you I want to get to you Rosy Cozy In bed with you and me A knot I cried more leaving you than leaving god I've got to know the days I'm counting down 'Til you're not so far away Not so far away I want to break every glass on the kitchenette floor Leave the bugs, shut the door, and get to you I wanna get to you I wanna not pay rent Or do one dish I want to spend every day I have with you I want to get to you It's 2 p.m. I'm finally waking up and you're almost off work And you ask me how my day went It's 4 a.m I'm finally drifting off And you're just getting up from your bed You're running late, you gotta hurry, And you can't talk, that's fine, you're working hard and I adore it Adore it Adore it Get get to you I wanna get to you I wanna break every glass on the kitchenette floor Break, break every Brea- brea- break every glass on the Glass on the floor Floor Kitchenette floor

Take me uptight Strung Up like a kite Dumb Wicked and white Love me in spite If I betray All lonely nights Spent out like a light With No kiss goodnight We never fight (When I'm away) Did your mother Always seem to hate me? I'm sicker every day And now I'm terrified Of talking to my friends Only to stay stuck Dreaming of our firstborn And your hair covered in popcorn You never leave You never leave You never leave You leave me uptight Strung Up like a kite Dumb Wicked and white Love me in spite If I betray All lonely nights Spent Out like a light With No kiss goodnight We never fight (When I'm away)

I don't love you anymore And it just dawned on me this morning I don't feel it anymore I hope you don't mind me leavin' But Oh, baby won't you stay with me, just one more day? Oh, baby please, don't cry, don't cry And don't kiss me goodbye Maybe I'll go back to St. Louis (go back to) Maybe I'll go back to school (gonna finally graduate yeah, yeah) Get a good job like you wanted Blow my brains in my pool But Oh, baby won't you stay with me, just one more day? Oh, baby please, don't cry, don't cry And don't kiss me goodbye Oh, baby don't call me baby no more Oh, baby don't call me baby no more

Take me uptight Strung up like a kite Dumb, wicked, and white Love me in spite And if I betrayed our lonely nights Spent, out like a light With no kiss goodnight Would we never fight when I'm away? A very beautiful dignified lady I was small, y'know, so old And I always admired her fingernails they were blood-red She always had them painted beautifully And she was- and her hair was coal black and beautiful She was graceful And she, she had anything a woman could want A good husband and money and a nice home But she met this jailbird and they married And so she gave all that up and found out that she wasn't happy She was packing to leave and he got out of jail and came home and found Her and hacked her to death Oh honey, that's awful! Did your mother always seem to hate me? I'm sicker every day and now I'm terrified Of talking to my friends only to stay stuck Dreaming of our firstborn and your hair covered in popcorn You never leave, you never leave, you never leave You leave me uptight Strung up like a kite Dumb, wicked, and white Love me in spite And if I betrayed our lonely nights Spent, out like a light With no kiss goodnight Would we never fight when I'm away?