I'll Be You - The Replacements

In the circuit The frequency's breaking up The speakers can barely move This is not a test Tune to the broadcast Witness the jet lag Look in the mirror Adjust the V-hold Shatter the lens Pull out the shards Choke on her words Caught in your throat How long can the wheels maintain a spin at this velocity? On every block, a reminder You can't stop this intersection At every turn Dead forests of tenements rise like antennas The miles are adding up and the days are counting down Cut the jet black from my hair Before we're bathed in the dawn of New Year's Day I will change back to myself in the flame We burn like the paper hearts of dead presidents But we're too lost to lose hope Maybe the night seems so dark because the day is much too bright For us to see We are cured, we are cured (Shatter the lens, swallow the shards) We are cured, we are cured (choke on her words) Caught in your throat That's the sound of music from another room The piano player hangs from piano wire But the player piano carries on Sit back and tune to the broadcast Witness the jet lag Shatter the lens Pull out the shards Choke on her words Caught in your throat This is not a test, this is not a test Shatter the lens Pull out the shards Choke on her words Caught in your throat As the language dissolves And the sentence lifts A slow alphabet of rain is whispering "Aabcttipacbdefg..." Since I replaced the 'i' in live with an 'o' I can't remember who you are But tomorrow I'll be you Just pick up the phone I'm calling from your house In your room In your name Lying in your bed Following your dreams I listen to your voice get caught in my throat As I sing "This is just a dream" on New Year's Day We will change back to ourselves In the flame we are cured We are cured, we are cured

5 a.m. where's my friend Sunset Boulevard Flashing lights, read my rights Guess I went to far Talking trash, spend my cash No one else to blame It's always end, it's always ends the same If I'm not in jail tonight If I don't in hell tonight And if I don't lose a fight And if I don't lose my mind I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh dearling, everytime I try to stop Everytime they call the cops If I don't do the stupid things I do I'll be with you Sleep all day, up all night Story of my life Try to change, change my ways I can't get it right I'll get clean, Charlie Sheen Maybe not today It always ends, it always ends the same If I'm not in jail tonight If I don't in hell tonight And if I don't lose a fight And if I don't lose my mind I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you If I'm not in jail tonight If I don't in hell tonight And if I don't lose a fight And if I don't lose my mind I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you

Your love's a bonnie snare Traps me in the evening Got me hanging in mid-air Now I'm swinging from the ceiling But it's me that's looking now It's me that's seeking something When you're nowhere to be found Must I keep on looking I'll be you, be me and I'll be you I'll take your truth, your lies, your secrets How about you be me and I'll be you I love your strength, your pride, your weakness My love's an androgen She writes when I'm in slumber My lover is all good things And I'm the fool whose spell she's under She laid a silken thread A warm scent in the evening If you follow the trail of dead You'll come upon the place she's sleeping I'll be you, be me and I'll be you And we won't say no more about it How about you be me and I'll be you And we'll just leave it where we found it I'll be you, be me and I'll be you And we won't say no more about it How about you be you and I'll be me And we'll just leave it where we found it

Here come Dick, he's wearing a skirt Here comes Jane, you know she's sporting a chain Same hair, revolution, same build, evolution Tomorrow who's gonna fuss And they love each other so Androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so Androgynous Don't get him wrong and don't get him mad He might be a father, but he sure ain't a dad And she don't need advice that'll center her She's happy with the way she looks, she's happy with her gender And they love each other so Androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so Androgynous Mirror image, see no damage See no evil at all Kewpie dolls and urine stalls Will be laughed at the way you're laughed at now Now, something meets boy, and something meets girl They both look the same they're overjoyed in this world Same hair, revolution, unisex, evolution Tomorrow who's gonna fuss? And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants, tomorrow Janie's wearing a dress Future outcasts and they don't last And today, the people dress the way that they please The way they tried to do in the last centuries And they love each other so Androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so Androgynous

Growing up, I would refuse to admit I might've had a type But every new encounter would never quite amount to my appetite And now I don't know how I should go about it I don't think that I can pretend That somethin' about you won't keep me wanting 'til the very end, very end Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And I want you so confused I feel lost watching the news I've been running out of juice I don't wanna have to choose Settle for less, I just can't find a woman to compare to you It's been seven years and you're still the one I feel I belong to Tried so hard to get you out of my head Oh, I wish you had a sister instead I keep searching in my dreams to find a substitute Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And I'm just so confused I feel lost watching the news I've been running out of juice I don't wanna have to choose And I'm losing my mind 'cause I feel I've been tryin' Tryin' for so long, tryin' for so long, woah And I'm running out of time cause I feel we've been tryin' We've been tryin' for so long, tryin' for so long, woah Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And it's time to move on Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And it's time to move on Time again I find replacements but they still feel like you And it's time to move on