All Dressed Up

Veruca Salt

Don't you see
I'm the one for you, you're the one for me
Don't you see
The love I've got is the love you need
Don't you see

I'm all dressed up
To be what you want
Me to be I'm all dressed up
To be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up
All dressed up, all dressed up

Don't you see, don't you see
The infinite possibilities
Don't you need, don't you need
The kind of love that I need
Don't you see me, don't you see me

I'm all dressed up
To be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up
To be what you taught me to be
I'm all dressed up
All messed up, all messed up

You don't even notice me
Moving you like a ton of glaciers
You don't even notice me
Soothing you like a long lost sister
You don't even care
No you don't even care

All dressed up
With no place to go
But home, but home

I'm all dressed up
To be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up
To be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up
All dressed up, all dressed up

You don't even comfort me
And carry on with the will of samson
You don't even comfort me
You keep your faith and you keep your phantoms
And you don't even care
No you don't even care

All dressed up still there's something wrong
I'm all dressed up and you're just a song
I'm all dressed up you're forever gone everlong

You don't even care
No you don't even care
You don't even care
No you don't even care
You don't even care
No you don't even care
You don't even care
No you don't even care
You don't even care
No you don't even care
You don't even care



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    It's simply saying, 'Pay attention to me. Look at me. I'm the best thing that ever came into your life. How could you possibly be unaware of how wonderful I am, and how perfect I am for you? How could you turn your back on such an extraordinary love?' I wrote it at 4 in the morning, two years before making this record. I hadn't written a song in a really long time, and I didn't know if I'd ever write another song that I liked. This particular night I was in Los Angeles, staying with a friend, and I couldn't sleep. I picked up an acoustic guitar, and the song just spilled out of me. It was one of the last songs we recorded, and I was really glad we did, because I wanted to give it a place on this album." Thats what Louise Post said about it

    swindler123on August 13, 2002   Link
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    "you're just a son. You're forever gone, everlong" Everlong was the song Dave Grohl wrote about Louise.

    melusineon August 08, 2011   Link

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