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Like a folk singer's song, I'm moving on
And I'm not the kind of man that acts very strong
When the girls are looking on
When the girls are looking on
If you tied my hands and put chains on my feet
I can picture myself walking down any street
Telling people that I meet
"Psst, looks like rain to me"
Every single day at eleven, I'm home in bed in sleep heaven
Alone cuz my girl leaves at seven
Ain't got time for my bed in, she said stop pretending
You're not John Lennon
Will I ever get over this
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
And drop your fists
Soon as I'm well I'm gonna leave my house
Become more of a man and less like a mouse
Drive my car down south to the Mississippi's mouth
In the gulf of Mexico I'll get soused
Every girl I made in the shade of Esplanade
I've saved in a song that I play when I'm afraid
Of a full scale air-raid from the choices that I've made
Every single day at eleven, I'm home in bed in sleep heaven
Alone cuz my girl leaves at seven
Ain't got time for my bed in, she said stop pretending
You're not John Lennon
Will I ever get over this
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
And drop your fists
Drop your fists
No matter how much you take of each song that I make
I'm not fragile, I don't break and I'm down at the lake
And I hope someday you'll have a fait
With all that money that you make
It was fun while it lasted and then it was blasted
Right out of the water and into fantastic
Now he feels shafted and she's already past it
She's like elastic and he's just some spastic
Every single day at eleven, I'm home in bed in sleep heaven
Alone cuz my girl leaves at seven
Ain't got time for my bed in, she said stop pretending
You're not John Lennon
Will I ever get over this
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
Will I ever get over this
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
If I ever get over this
Will I ever get over this
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
And drop your fists
And I'm not the kind of man that acts very strong
When the girls are looking on
When the girls are looking on
I can picture myself walking down any street
Telling people that I meet
"Psst, looks like rain to me"
Alone cuz my girl leaves at seven
Ain't got time for my bed in, she said stop pretending
You're not John Lennon
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
And drop your fists
Become more of a man and less like a mouse
Drive my car down south to the Mississippi's mouth
In the gulf of Mexico I'll get soused
I've saved in a song that I play when I'm afraid
Of a full scale air-raid from the choices that I've made
Alone cuz my girl leaves at seven
Ain't got time for my bed in, she said stop pretending
You're not John Lennon
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
And drop your fists
I'm not fragile, I don't break and I'm down at the lake
And I hope someday you'll have a fait
With all that money that you make
Right out of the water and into fantastic
Now he feels shafted and she's already past it
She's like elastic and he's just some spastic
Alone cuz my girl leaves at seven
Ain't got time for my bed in, she said stop pretending
You're not John Lennon
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
If I ever get over this
Having tasted your lips with a kiss
You can cross me off your list
Take these cuffs from off my wrists
And drop your fists
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Submitted by
sethbrown On Oct 30, 2004
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You are entirely wrong, wow, he is just talking about life... he is just a basic guy and isn't really doing much with life and his girl hates it. the part about the chains is how he feels restrained and she is trying to get him to conform and quit writing music and do something real with his life like getting a real job and giving up on music. That is basically the jist of things
im not too sure about this one, sounds like brendan has trouble meeting and talking to girls so he sleeps with hoes. 'tied my hands and put chains on my feet' this sort of has a kinky sexual relevence which could be linked to prostitutes. 'alone coz my girl leaves at seven' she only stays for the night
i hope im wrong about that though coz its such a good song and completly out of brendans style to sing about sex and hoes
yeah i'd have to agree with HolyDiver cuz that definately sounds more like BB's style of writting... but i can see where both of u ppl r coming from. ^_^