The gentleman caller in the blue suede shoes
He dont know what to do
He just wants to look good for you
So he rushes in to tell you what he did today
But he can't think of what to say
I think you'll listen anyway
He wants to have a good time
Just like everybody
He doesn't want to fall apart
You watch him as he stutters over what to say
Its just a little game you play
It's no easier for you some days
You wish that you could tell him it'll be ok
But you feel a little shy these days
'Cause everybody goes away
Oh...
You just wanna have a good time
Just like everybody else
You dont want to fall apart this time
I can look into your eyes and see the mess we're in
Well darling if it's shit came out
Then I suppose that it's shit went in
Even though I couldn't say I've been the places that you've been
You know you made my heart real strong
Even if you made my head real thin
I wanna have a good time
Just like everybody
And I dont wanna fall apart
Oh..
I wanna have a good time
Just like everybody else
And I dont wanna fall apart this time
So would you please invite me in
Ohhhhhhh....
I really love the red haired girls
I'm just another boy from Texas
C'mon and take a spin
I got a brand new set of wings
Oh
I really love the red haired girls
I'm just another boy from Texas
C'mon and take a spin
Hey I gotta brand new set of wings
Man I sure do love them red haired girls
I'm just like all those boys from Texas
C'mon and take a spin
Hey little girl I gotta brand new set of wings
Oh, oh, oh


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    I went to see counting crows play a concert the other day, in which they played this song. And as the intro started Adam told the audience what the song meant to him.

    He said that he was saw a magazine with a pretty actress on the front who had been recently divorced and that it said Adam was her new boyfriend. Which made him wish he had met her before.

    So he thought about what she must be going through and what it must feel like to have the press make up lies about your personal life for other people's entertainment. And he wished he could talk to her, not that he would be the best person to talk to or that he would know what to say but just to talk to her as he knows how it feels to be isolated.

    That's what he said anyway. Make of it what you will...

    tc1988on July 09, 2008   Link

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