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?

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child So far from home This was life and this was safer All was strange and always stranger I laid awake but so much later I'm never safe from all this danger The demon's eyes and demon satyr I was bait but what would bait her? Don't know my needs, don't know my ways so I hide my face, no way to face her This was loss, this was name This was my truth, this was no game This was not hope, this was not sane And from these broken places made That was loss and this was later I wanted less but nothing greater I couldn't leave, I couldn't stay Like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child So far from home This was loss and this was later Always hate but never hate her I laid in wait but so much later And never safe from all this danger The demon's eyes, the demon satyr I was bait, but what would bait her Don't know my needs, don't know my ways so I hide my face, no way to face her This was loss, this was name This was my truth, this was no game This was not hope, this was not sane And from these broken places made That was loss and this was later I wanted less but nothing greater I couldn't leave, I couldn't stay Like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child So far from home So far from home

When you ask how I've been I know you mean well, I know you mean well Who am I dialing tonight? That's a bummer Thaw out my freezer, burn feelings for 20 summers I'm just a cherub riding comets through the night sky Screaming at the stars like night lights And I love my life, I love my life Running middle fingers through the red lights And I guess I'm getting older 'cause I'm less pissed When I can't get onto the guest list To the end of the world, the end of the world Fever-dream tangerine sweat When I get down, down Silent killers are these years coming like waves (You put the "fun" into dysfunction) Hold me, hold me like a grudge The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa Faster and faster, can't do it on my own Part-time soulmate, full-time problem, yeah So hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge, yeah, yeah Hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge I guess somehow we made it back With a few dreams of ours still intact I am a diamond on the inside, just add the pressure Know it's inside me, but I got no map to my own treasure I'm just a cherub riding comets through the night sky Screaming at the stars like night lights And I love my life, I love my life Running middle fingers through the red lights And I guess I'm getting bolder 'cause I'm less pissed We didn't make it to your year-end best list Not the end of the world, the end of the world Fever-dream tangerine sweat When I get down, down Silent killers are these years coming like waves (You put the "fun" into dysfunction) Hold me, hold me like a grudge The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa Faster and faster, can't do it on my own Part-time soulmate, full-time problem, yeah So hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge, yeah, yeah Hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge I thought I knew better, I thought it would get better I figured somehow by now, I would have got it together And if you put your, put your heart in it, heart in it Then we'll do more than just get by together, yeah Call you up and demand you have no fun without me I'm like a storm on the horizon, storm on the horizon (You put the "fun" into dysfunction) Hold me, hold me like a grudge The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa Faster and faster, can't do it on my own Part-time soulmate, full-time problem, yeah Hold me like a grudge (no, oh, no) Hold me like a grudge (hold me), yeah, yeah Hold me like a grudge, hold me Hold me like a grudge Hold me like a, hold me like a grudge

Stretching out my arms Driving in my car Thinking 'bout my life, but not too hard Tapping to my dazz Snapping to my jazz I'm having way more fun than no one ever has I'm teaching lessons to my future children (I'm teaching lessons to my future children) (Lessons to my future-) (I'm teaching lessons, children) (I'm teaching lessons to my future children) Testin' out the local car wash While I grab my morning cup of Joe There's millions of people Who wish they could look at my car right now But they can't 'cause I'm too busy driving (Ah, ah, ah) So many amenities Nine cup holders that chill my drinks And seats that heat and warm my feet Every single luxury Five percent tint on my Chevy both in and outside My mirrors quake at the punch of my 18-inch Alpine Clean as the white of my eye One kiss for each of my tires Nobody bugging me Nobody bugging me Nobody Nobody telling me anything Anything I wanna do is a good thing to do Ooh, ooh La, la-la-la-la-la-la La, la-la-la-la-la-la La, la-la-la-la-la-la Solid and of quality Wi-Fi for my family Runs on electricity Oh my god, it drives for me Five percent tint on my Chevy both in and outside My mirrors quake at the punch of my 18-inch Alpine Clean as the white of my eye One kiss for each of my tires Mile after mile after mile Nobody bugging me (Bugging me) Nobody bugging me Bugging me, me Nobody bugging me Bugging me

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

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?