Shes out of luck and out of hope and out of cigarettes.
Misunderstood with naked pictures on the internet.
Her social deviance is teasing me.
I know what I want.

And I'm really gonna really let her know, (Woah.)
That I like her but I just don't care enough,
To fool around with love.

Yeah my baby's pretty as a car crash,
Sexy as the stinger of a hornet in your arm.
Just another modern swinger,
Screaming catch me if you can with a cigarette in hand.
And it's love.
It's heavy and it hurts and it's love.

Strung out on blow, she doesn't know why she's not feeling good.
Dropped out of school and now she's moving out to Hollywood.
Her reckless decadence is taking things a little too far.

And I'm really gonna really let her know, (Woah.)
That I like her but I just don't care enough,
To fool around with love.

Yeah, my baby's pretty as a car crash, subtle as a splinter.
Yeah, my baby's smooth as sandpaper, warm just like the winter.
Screaming catch me if you can with a cigarette in hand.
And it's love.
It's heavy and it hurts and it's love.

Staring at my shoes thinking of something to say,
But nothing's better than what silence is saying.
When every time I turn around she's always looking away,
It's just the nature of the game that we're playing.

And I think I'm tapping out,
I think I'm gonna skip the title bout.

My baby's pretty as a car crash,
Sexy as the stinger of a hornet in your arm.
Just another modern swinger,
Screaming catch me if you can with a cigarette in hand.
And it's love.
It's heavy and it hurts and,

She's pretty as a car crash, subtle as a splinter.
Yeah, my baby's smooth as sandpaper, warm just like the winter.
Screaming catch me if you can with a cigarette in hand.
And it's love.
It's heavy and it hurts and,

She's pretty as a car crash,
Sexy as the stinger of a hornet in your arm.
Just another modern swinger,
Screaming catch me if you can with a cigarette in hand.
And it's love.
It's heavy and it hurts and it's love!


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    i think this song is about how a guy likes this girl, who is a rebel but doesn't want to fool around with her. she is a rebel "dropped out of school and now shes moving out to hollywood" and a "modern swinger" but he still likes her "and im really gonna let her know that i like her" yet feels he can't "but i just don't care enough to fool around with love".

    nerdgonewildon January 22, 2006   Link

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