Magnolia lyrics

(one, two)
In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye
No guts to sever so forever may we wave good-bye
And you're always telling me that it's my turn to move
When I wonder what could make the needle jump the groove
I won't fall for the oldest trick in the book
So don't sit there and think you're off of the hook
By saying there is no use changing
'Cause that's just what you are

I should thank you almost
no one could kill it off until you bled it
but I got rid of that ghost
'though certain habits remain imbedded
with the shadow of a doubt
but baby it was you who fed it
and I don't know what else to say
but I think you get it.
I should've known
it was coming down to this
I should've known
you would betray me but without the kiss

This is for the one who was false
who taught me about building walls
one who could always turn it around
to leave me here on shaky ground
this is for the one who made good
in someone else's neighborhood
one who was never anything but
the shifty eye of sheer bad luck
once I thought that I would never forget
and I have not quite done that yet
but I could hurt you now

(i still have this shake in my voice and i'm going to sing you this song)
I don't know you from Adam
You could make my day
If you leave me a message
I'll give it away
'Cause the most perfect strangers
That you can talk to
Are the ones who pretend
That you're not really you
I want any attempts here to play Frankenstein
Come with plenty of chances for changing you mind

So he's retired
lives with his sister in a furnished flat
he's got this suit that
he'll never wear outside without a hat
his hair is white but he looks half his age
he looks like Jimmy Stewart in his younger days.

And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you've waited so long and
I've waited long enough for you.

My mother's calling

You see me as a judge
though I deny it
and hold me like a grudge
then justify it
But when you make such claims
in searching for something that explains
please take a good look at our remains

'Cause if you were everything you say
things would be different today
and maybe there's room for compromise
but signs that I get say otherwise
say anything, 'cause I've heard everything

Nothing was saving our day
there was nothing to say,
but you said something anyway
claiming I stepped out of line
which forced you to leave me,
as if that idea was mine.
Oh, you stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
oh, you stupid thing
stopping it all
before it even started.
I bet you knew it would come

It's par for the course
You bet the wrong horse
You put down the phone
And cried for yourself
And for what you couldn't have
A plea that won't do
Now that she serves it to you
And I don't even know you
I don't even know you any more
I don't even know you
I don't even know you any more
It's all you deserve
The loss of the nerve
The grade of the curve
Has brought
You to this

It's so hard not to blame you
it's hard not to put all the blame on you
'cause you knew from the start
there was one little part you would not let through
I'm sure there were even moments when you thought
You might someday finish what you'd begun -
but that could've been anyone

could've been anyone
I lost my place in the sun
well, never mind
it could've been anyone.

So we all make mistakes

Last night I waved goodbye
Now it seems years
I'm back in the city where nothing is clear
But thoughts of me holding you, bringing us near
And tell me
When will our eyes meet
When can I touch you
When will this strong yearning end
And when will hold you again
Time in New England took me away
To long rocky beaches, you by the bay
We started a story who's end must now wait
And tell me

(if this is one of your ten thousand dollar hours, don't forget to write it
down. help is on the way ...)
Skip the cloak and dagger bit
Don't you know we're sick of it?
As much as I would like to stay
The message light just blinks away
And while I'm here you won't push play
So you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter

Oh, for the sake of momentum
I've allowed my fears to get larger than life
And it's brought me to my current agendum
Whereupon I deny fulfillment has yet to arrive

And I know life is getting shorter
I can't bring myself to set the scene
Even when it's approaching torture
I've got my routine

Oh, for the sake of momentum
Even though I agree with that stuff about seizing the day

You look like a perfect fit
For a girl in need of a tourniquet

But can you - save me
Come on and - save me
If you could - save me
From the ranks of the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone

'Cause I can tell
You know what it's like
The long farewell

You look like... a perfect fit,
For a girl in need... of a tourniquet.
But can you save me?
Come on and save me...
If you could save me,
From the ranks of the freaks,
Who suspect they could never love anyone.

'Cause I can tell... you know what it's like.
A long farewell... of the hunger strike.
But can you save me?
Come on and save me...
If you could save me,
From the ranks of the freaks,

It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though,
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up

You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop

She's been a long time on the phone
Courting disaster in an undertone
She's feeling nostalgic
And feeling that fall
How could anyone ever fight it
Who could ever expect to fight it when she
Builds that wall

Maybe it's one where time will tell
Maybe it's one where it's just fare-thee-well
I hear her coming
As she walks down the hall
How could anyone ever fight it

He's a serious mister
Shake his hand and he'll twist your arm
With Monopoly money
We'll be buying the funny farm
So I'll do flips
And get paid in chips
From a diamond as big as the Ritz
Then I'm calling it quits
Calling it quits

Eyes the color of candy
Lies to cover the handicap
And though your slippers are ruby
You'll be led to the booby trap
Well, there's no prize