would you like that to stay or to go
cuz you're standing but you're moving real slow
and i get the feeling you already know
all you need to know
for the streets they are filled with despair
and monsters and goblins and bears
maybe you oughta stay under my wing
just until the spring
cuz love is the easiest thing
love is the easiest thing
would you like me to put up a fight
if i had the strength then i might
but i get the feeling you're feeling alright
but then again i could be right
would it help if i told you the truth
that i'm looking in vain for my youth
at which point you'd smile and point to my ring
and then we would both start to sing
love is the easiest thing
love is the easiest thing
love is the easiest thing
love is the easiest thing
a is for alpha
b is for blood
c is for crocodiles
and deers in the mud
e is for eden
f is for luck
g is for gee that's quite a bang for the buck
h is for hero
i is for me
j is for jejejejejejejealousy
k's for koala
l is for love
m is for murder
n is for knife
o what a feeling
p is for pain
q is the queen
and r is the reign
s is for sexy
t is for two
u are a window
and v is the view
w'd be helpful
but x marks the past
so y are we yelling
z's for disaster, not disgrace
i think it's nine-thirty
i think she's got a loose
definition of time
not like mine
and if i was in a hurry
i'd be mad by now
or be gone by now
but i'm just another guy
waiting for the dream to end
and if things don't get hard soon
i'm gonna have to start to pretend
got here around seven
approximately two and a half
years ago
it's been slow
just waiting on this corner
for that girl to come
now my feet are numb
but i'm just another guy
waiting for the dream to end
and if things don't get hard soon
i'm gonna have to start to pretend
cuz life's too easy
and it lasts too long
the point is too clear
and my faith is too strong
it must be the traffic
or maybe she ran into an old friend
i'm sure she's just around the bend
and i don't wanna be graphic
but her eyes are from a cat
and her hair is from the night
and every word she says is true
and every place she touches right
and i'm just another guy
waiting for the dream to end
and if things don't get hard soon
i'm gonna have to start to pretend
and i think it's nine-forty
i'm so glad she broke my heart
it's very useful for my art
and who wants to be lost in life itself
from underneath these heavy rains
the similes take off like planes
and when the women come to wish me well
i'll tell them
i can't hear you above the music
that's playing in my head
i can't see you above the music
and i can't touch you at all
so lay us off or let us starve
or make us fight so you can carve
our names onto some wall when we're no more
but try to put our songs to bed, man
they're not sleeping, they're not dead
and when death comes a-knockin' at my door
i'll cry out
i can't hear you above the music
that's playing in my head
i can't see you above the music
and you can't hurt me at all
hide the banjos, hide the drums
they're marching up the hill with guns
but we're ok and que sera blah blah
we'll tell them "burn our records, kill our kind
we've melodies you'll never find
so if you wanted quiet -- na na na"
if i knew the truth then i could lie to you
if i knew just where and why i stood
if i knew how to betray you
maybe i would
if i had a watch then i could take my time
if i had to love you i just might
if i knew the law i could commit a crime
but it wouldn't be right, no it wouldn't be right
my red white blue princess
who would guess
how she scares me so
i'll never know
if i knew how scared you were i wouldn't have laughed
when you told me peace may never come
why don't you finish your story
and i will just hum
if you let me go then i could reach for you
if you pulled away then i could fall
if i knew how to forget you
god help us all
my red white blue princess
who would guess
how she scares me so
and if i knew the truth then i could lie to you
so this is life
shoulda seen it coming
nine months inside
and here i am
so this is life
so bright and noisy
could use some milk
if you don't mind, m'am
here comes the knife
to free me from you
so this is life
whoop-dee-doo
so this is life
I should have known
two years of mumbling
sixteen to grow
cross the courtyard
here i am
could use some love
if you don't mind, m'am
soon she's a wife
and lives with me
so this is life
yippee
and then one day
look what she found
under her shirt
kicking around
so this is life
shoulda seen it coming
nine months inside
and here he is
so this is life
so small and stunning
those arms are mine
these tears are his
more fragile than life
and easier to destroy
and faster to dissolve
and cheaper to avoid
and riskier to control
and not so forgiving
more fragile than life
is living
more fragile than time
and tougher to tell
and simpler to kill
and deeper to dwell
and quicker to clash
when both hands are climbing
more fragile than time
is timing
more fragile than you
and sweeter inside
and sadder to leave
unidentified
and sooner to fade
and harder to trust
more fragile than you
is us
men and women
are not the same
i thought you ought to know
men and women
are not the same
no no no