He took her away for an hour every sunday And cut all of her beautiful curls She was always easy seven days of the week Now sheʼs a bore and Iʼve seen it before She thinks it gives her some kind of mystique Said that she just wantʼs to save me Said you cant go on the way that you are She chased all my friends, hurts my brain till it bends Hides my cigarettes and steals my guitar
And itʼs a long time since she was mine, Pretending I am fine Another simple boy on the telephone line And though she is living here with me She takes it all so god damn seriously
Well Iʼve always been in love with her treasure But she might as well be locked up in chains When I ask she says no and I'm feeling so low I'm bursting from my feet to my brains
Now if i could only talk to this Jesus Iʼd tell him just how lonely Iʼve been Iʼd ask him to send home my baby again So she can see what kinda state Iʼve been in
So maybe I should steal his Now sheʼs so dull and divine May not be nice but thats the way that it And I'm lost here among the clowns All sandals and out of tune guitars And she talks in terrified tones Screaming through a mangled microphone
And itʼs a long time since she was mine, Pretending I am fine Another simple boy on the telephone line And though she is living here with me She takes it all so god damn seriously