i saw you standing there / you had gold dust in your pocket / you combed barbed wire through your hair / you thought I didn't notice / the skin on your teeth had a tear



i tried not to notice so you started to shout / then you and all your minions / started flapping your tiny arms all about / they said you were a wise man / women teach wise men to pout



i tried to forget you / but you tied bells to your name / they jingle every time i thought of you / without shame / i tried to be unlovable / why couldn't you do the same?



what's the matter? / don't you love me no more? / alright then / love me just leave me alone



your mind is a circle / but it thinks in straight lines / your arms are like corset strings / they only know how to bind / lemmings are adorable / why don't you try it sometime?



your mother was a wolf bite / your daddy was a cigarette / your brother was a rose bud / cross-bred with a car wreck

your sister was a stockbroker / but you ain't nothing but a turtleneck



what's the matter? / don't you love me no more? / alright then / love me just leave me alone



it's not your little boy smile / it's not your little boy name / it's those big boy hands / that are the ones to blame / i tried to be unlovable / why couldn't you do the same?



what's the matter? / don't you love me no more? / alright then / love me just leave me alone



what's the matter? / don't you love me no more? alright then / love me just leave me alone