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I Don't Want To Get Over You Lyrics
I don't want to get over you
I guess I could take a sleeping pill
And sleep at will
And not have to go through what I go through
I guess I should take Prozac, right,
And just smile all night
At somebody new,
Somebody not too bright
But sweet and kind
Who would try to get you off my mind
I could leave this agony behind
Which is just what I'd do
If I wanted to,
But I don't want to get over you
Cause I don't want to get over love
I could listen to my therapist,
Pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of;
I could listen to all my friends
And go out again
And pretend it's enough,
Or I could make a career of being blue
I could dress in black and read Camus,
Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth
Like I was 17
That would be a scream
But I don't want to get over you
I guess I could take a sleeping pill
And sleep at will
And not have to go through what I go through
I guess I should take Prozac, right,
And just smile all night
At somebody new,
Somebody not too bright
But sweet and kind
Who would try to get you off my mind
I could leave this agony behind
Which is just what I'd do
If I wanted to,
But I don't want to get over you
I could listen to my therapist,
Pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of;
I could listen to all my friends
And go out again
And pretend it's enough,
Or I could make a career of being blue
I could dress in black and read Camus,
Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth
Like I was 17
That would be a scream
But I don't want to get over you
Song Info
Submitted by
wickedlittlegirl On Apr 14, 2002
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"--I could dress in black and read Camus, smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth like I was 17 that would be a scream " hilarious. fantastic song once again.
Totally my first boyfriend. Except without the self-awareness.
Totally my first boyfriend. Except without the self-awareness.
fucking genius!
Stephen Merrit does it again. With the way he can set up a true-to-life scenario with few words and make you feel all the pain or elation he went experienced, I consider his songs bona fide poetry, right up there with the masters: Morrissey, Nick Drake, The Flaming Lips, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Just wonderful.
You were not living, you were existing, then.
"I could leave this agony behind which is just what I'd do if I wanted to, but I don't want to get over you cause I don't want to get over love
the feelin of being in love is so powerfull he doesn't want to quit, even though he's suffering so. love is his drug!
I ADORE this song. and i don't wanna get over it!!
Cause I don't want to get over love...
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I could listen to all my friends And go out again And pretend it's enough....
= favorite lines.
i'm conflicted as to whether or not a hip-hop song would be cool coming from stephin merritt, but that'd be almost out of character..
ha - brilliant song. He just captures so much reality in words its alarming !
he's amazing all right....i've never read any lyrics like his....they are so sex! :)
he really manages to satirize every type of music, doesn't he?