Bet she doesn't compare when you longing for affection
Bet she doesn't compare when your horny in the AM
Sure she doesn't hold a candle to my sweet lack of direction
Bet she can't win an argument like I can

I hear she can't read you cover to cover
Bet she ain't one tenth of the lover I am
Heard she don't get your goat like a shepard in the pasture
Bet she don't push your buttons like the elevator man

CHOURUS

QUICK STOP, THE FLOOR BEGINS TO DROP
THE DOORS ARE CLOSING IN, MY STOMACHS TURNING
FLIP FLOPS, THE AIR IS GETTING THIN
THE LACK OF OXYGYN GOES TO MY BRAIN
HIT STOP, I'M STARING AT THE CLOCK
AS IF I COULD HAE STOPPED IT FROM CRASH AND BURNING
DELIRIUM KICKS IN, I'M FLYING IN IMAGINARY AEROPLANES

Bet she doesn't compare when you change the topic of conversation
Bet she doesn't compare when you had it up to hear
I'm sure she don't-even-start-to-scratch-the-surface of your carefully built foundation
Bet she can't take a compliment, my dear

I'M SURE SHE DON'T SCREAM half as loudly when you fuck her
Bet she looks awful naked though she's tall thin and tan
Bet she don't leave you dangling like a parachute instructor
Bet she don't push your buttons like the elevator man

CHOURUS


She may sweat you like a bullet
But I smoke you like a fiend
Heard she tried out for my league but
She didn't make the team (3x)

CHOURUS (2x)


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