Ordinary Conversation
She's got the quarters
He's got a paper bag
She's got a sci-fi novel
He's got no way home
She's got an empty basket
He's got the whole damn night
She's got a turkey sandwich
He's got a lemon drink for her
Names and faces
fall away from my head
But always right now
and in the end I remember yours
At the washing machine
The dryer doesn't heat
But everyone comes prepared for this
Takes us an hour or two
Just to dry a load
Oh and I love
this time alone with you
And we're both watchin the strangers
As they're foldin their clothes
And we lower our voices
Even though it's an ordinary conversation
Names and faces
fall away from my head
But always right now
and in the end I remember yours
We Can Miss the Movie
Hey I've seen this one before
Hero saves the day just in time
Main character dies in the end
But a sidekick lives on
Drives off into the sun
And credits roll
And credits roll
And credits roll
And credits roll
Lights come on theater clears out
Just me and my girl
And the guy with the broom in the aisle
sweeping popcorn off the floor
I lean over and I whisper in her ear
Boy chases girl
She wakes up and says
How did the movie end
Cause I fell asleep in the middle
Someday everyone will be dancing on T.V.
So it don't even matter on T.V.
We sit around can't think of much to do
My girl gives a smile to the guy
with the broom in the aisle
and he says we can stay another round
People come sit in opposite corners
Hot dog dances on our screen
Lights turn down and our movie begins
Maybe we'll make it through this time
I lean over and I whisper in her ear
Hey I've seen this one before
Just like the time before
and the time before
And the time before that I said
Someday everyone will be dancing on T.V.
So it don't even matter on T.V.
The Weather
People say the weather
ain't what it's supposed to be
People say a lot of things
that they don't mean
When you go
how will you tell me
where you go
Where you go
25 or 26 or 27
Oh shit looks like it happened again
I get cornered by zombies when
I look for the secret room
Must've killed a thousand since
Early this afternoon
But the sun goes down
And I won't I don't I can't stop
till I get all the jewels
Evil doers it's up to me to save the world
Tonight will be night of the living-living
Been lost between the dungeon walls
I get hit get bit my health runs out
but it's ok
It's only a video game
And no one's counting anyway
You left at six o'clock
Just two taxi cabs and two trains past
where the airport was
When you made a wish
The day I turned nineteen
You said another twenty years and maybe then
I'll want to see how things add up
But it was only a passing thing
And no one's counting anyway
Friend of mine said she had a dream
but it was vivid you know like real life
One where she was alive until she died
She was wearing red
She dreamt she was twenty five or twenty six
or twenty seven years old
And her mom dreamt it too
So this girl got a tattoo
not more than two days later
of a twenty five
or twenty six
or twenty seven
on her wrist
No I can't ever remember which
But she's always had beautiful skin
And it's only a mark on her skin
Yeah she's always had beautiful skin
So I make a call for the weekend plan
I say how ya doin
He says I'm livin like I'm dyin
I say where've I heard that before
He says I just made it up
I said I think it belongs in a song
Anyway this other girl I liked her then
And she kissed me once
And told me that souls are like parasites
Like a body in a body
only one that you can't feel
but in a good way
I said I can't I won't I don't
believe in parasites
My body is all that's real
It's been four years and three months
and two weeks and an hour
Since I spoke with her face to face
You know like in real life
But it's only real life
Yeah it's only real life
Yeah it's only real life
The Way
Cool in the way you never give up
Crazy you can't see
What's in front of you
What's in back of you
And what's to the left of you
But you're cool in the way you never give up
Crazy you can't see
What's in front of you
What's in back of you
And what's to the left of you
Renting
My friend says
Judging by the walls
A smoker used to live here
But I don't mind
I'm always renting
Never buying anyway
I sleep on the floor
When I wake up my room is orange
And I'm staring at the ceiling fan
Maybe it's the angles
Or maybe it's my fault
But I can't tell
which one of us is spinning
All the other rooms are blue
All the other rooms are tinted blue
This five o'clock
traffic is killing me
When at home I know
In my window somehow
Sunlight cutting through
Sunlight cutting through
All the trees in the back yard
All the other rooms are blue
All the other rooms are tinted blue
All the other rooms are blue
When there's no lights in the house
All the other rooms are tinted blue
Not mine it's orange
All the other rooms are blue
Tinted blue
Now That You Are Gone
I don't know why
I don't know why
I never clean my room
I leave dishes on the floor
Pizza boxes on the bed
I leave dust on the T.V.
Old mail on the desk
Paper towels on the night stand
Dirty laundry in the doorway
But on the walls old photographs of you
And on the floor old photographs of you
And on my shelves old photographs of you
And on my chair old photographs of you
I don't know why
Can never seem to wash my hair
Don't get around to brushin teeth
And I've been wearing the same pair of pants
For at least a couple of weeks
I've got stains on my shirt
And holes in the soul of my socks
I don't know why
I go driving late at night
I sneak out without a sound
I bring the goldfish with me
And I think he understands
While he is spinning in his bowl
We go barefoot in the grass
And I point him to the sky
I say look at that
I point him to the sky
I say look at that
I point him to the sky