Dear Theodosia (feat. Ben Folds) - Regina Spektor

Dear Theodosia, what to say to you? You have my eyes, you have your mother's name When you came into the world, you cried And it broke my heart I'm dedicating every day to you Domestic life was never quite my style When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart You will come of age with our young nation We'll bleed and fight for you We'll make it right for you If we lay a strong enough foundation We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you And you'll blow us all away Someday, someday Yeah, you'll blow us all away Someday, someday Oh, Philip, when you smile I am undone My son, look at my son Pride is not the word I'm looking for There is so much more inside me now Oh, Philip, you outshine the morning sun My son When you smile, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart My father wasn't around (my father wasn't around) I swear that I'll be around for you I'll do whatever it takes (I'll make a million mistakes) I'll make the world safe and sound for you Will come of age with our young nation We'll bleed and fight for you We'll make it right for you If we lay a strong enough foundation We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you And you'll blow us all away Someday, someday Yeah, you'll blow us all away Someday, someday

I thought I'd write, I thought I'd let you know That the year since you've been gone, I've finally let you go And I hope you find some time to drop a note But if you won't, then you won't And I will consider you gone I know that you went straight to someone else While I worked through all this shit here by myself And I think that you should spend some time alone But if you won't, then you won't And I will, then I will consider you gone Gone, gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone, gone I wake up in the night all alone and it's alright The chemicals are wearing off since you've gone (Gone) The days go on, the lights go off and on And nothing really matters when you're gone If you think that you feel nothing at all If you don't (If you don't) Then you don't (No, you won't) If you won't (If you won't, then you- no, you won't- then you) Then you won't (If you- if you won't) And I will Then I will Yeah, I will consider you gone Gone, gone, gone, gone

You can't fool me, I saw you when you came out You got your momma's taste but you got my mouth You will always have a part of me Nobody else is ever gonna see Gracie girl With your cards to your chest walking on your toes What you got in the box only Gracie knows And I would never try to make you be Anything you didn't really wanna be Gracie girl Life flies by in seconds You're not a baby, Gracie, you're my friend You'll be a lady soon But until then you gotta do what I say You nodded off in my arms watching TV I won't move you an inch even though my arm's asleep One day you're gonna wanna go I hope we taught you everything you need to know Gracie girl There will always be a part of me Nobody else is ever gonna see But you and me My little girl My Gracie girl

Think of me Anyway you want I can be The problem if that's easier In your head Move the pieces around Things I've said Turn the memory upside down And it makes it better I know But sometimes it's hard to swallow In time I will fade away In time I won't hear what you say In time, but time takes time you know Tell your friends The things they wanna hear and see Start the drums Band against the enemy And in time I will fade away In time I won't care what you say In time, but time takes time you know In your head Move the pieces round Things I've said Turn the memory upside down It might make it better, I know But sometimes it's hard to swallow In time I will fade away In time I won't care what you say In time, but time takes time you know Time takes time you know

You don't stop Follow me into the great unknown Where pink flamingos crow Diet soda flows And what you take magically regenerates On supermarket shelves The ovens clean themselves You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop So we all ride for nothing 'Cause this train never stops We make a good team Me and you, we do You could scratch my back And I'll scratch my back too And everyone is welcome at the party, yeah People more is more Are we all on board? You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop So we all ride for nothing 'Cause this train never stops You don't stop And you don't pay the tab 'til the last drop So we all ride for nothing 'Cause this train never stops

Out of the quiet Out of the sunrise I hear the birdsong Give way to sirens I hear the voices Give way to silence It looks like fire But it's just sunshine Waters are rising Forests are burning Hearts always hurt more While they are learning Saying goodbye to The ones they have come from Saying goodbye to The ones they have run from Out of the sirens Might come the birdsong Out of the silence Might come the love song After the love song Might come the sunrise After the sunrise Might come the silence...

My eyes are bi-focal My hands are sub-jointed I live in the future In my pre-war apartment And I count all my blessings I have friends in high places And I'm upgraded daily All my wires without traces Hooked into machine Hooked into machine Hooked into machine I'm hooked into Hooked into Hooked into machine Hooked into machine Hooked into machine I'm hooked into Hooked into machine I collect my moments Into a correspondence With a mightier power Who just lacks my perspectives And who lacks my organics And who covets my defects And I'm downloaded daily I am part of a composite Hooked into machine Hooked into machine Hooked into machine I'm hooked into Hooked into Hooked into machine Hooked into machine Hooked into machine I'm hooked into Hooked into machine Everything's provided Consummate consumer Part of worldly taking Apart from worldly troubles Living in your pre-war apartment Soon to be your post-war apartment And you live in the future And the future It's here It's bright It's now