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I want you in the wrong way
What's tomorrow if you've got today
And if you subscribe to my way
You erase all of this anyway
Out in the mountainss and granola
That lies a little bit east of all ya
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Hold out your hands
Oh such little hands
Lie to your man
Stay wise to the plan
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'Cept drivin makes no sense
Since I don't even have a license
And we could walk and get as far
It just might take a little bit longer
There's your dealer on the corner
Just giving himself a boner
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Hold out your hands
Stay wise to the plan
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(chorus)
Cuz what you got is what you need
Here then I don't wanna hear the rest
And if you ever had a thing to sell
Then you know what you got
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Why would you care
If it's everywhere
And dont leave me here
I'm always alone
But how would you know?
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I fall down the shaft
Nothing to grab
On to pull me up
Just like long ago
But how would you know?
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How would you know?
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So you need me for the wrong things
But now you've got yourself a bird who sings
And you left me for your owner
And the mountains and granola
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So hold out your hands
Oh such little hands
-
(chorus)
If what you got is what you need
Here then I don't wanna hear the rest
And if you ever had a thing to sell
Then get rid of the lie
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If what you got is what you need
Here then I don't wanna hear the rest
And everybody's got a thing to sell
I don't need what you got
What's tomorrow if you've got today
And if you subscribe to my way
You erase all of this anyway
Out in the mountainss and granola
That lies a little bit east of all ya
-
Hold out your hands
Oh such little hands
Lie to your man
Stay wise to the plan
-
'Cept drivin makes no sense
Since I don't even have a license
And we could walk and get as far
It just might take a little bit longer
There's your dealer on the corner
Just giving himself a boner
-
Hold out your hands
Stay wise to the plan
-
(chorus)
Cuz what you got is what you need
Here then I don't wanna hear the rest
And if you ever had a thing to sell
Then you know what you got
-
Why would you care
If it's everywhere
And dont leave me here
I'm always alone
But how would you know?
-
I fall down the shaft
Nothing to grab
On to pull me up
-
How would you know?
-
So you need me for the wrong things
But now you've got yourself a bird who sings
And you left me for your owner
And the mountains and granola
-
Oh such little hands
-
(chorus)
Here then I don't wanna hear the rest
And if you ever had a thing to sell
Then get rid of the lie
-
Here then I don't wanna hear the rest
And everybody's got a thing to sell
I don't need what you got
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The one story I'm getting when I read the lyrics is that there is a prostitute who won't leave him alone. And she can sense that he's single/alone because she sees him often. Haha. It's not like me to think like this, but that's all I can come up with.
"Hold out your hands, Oh such little hands" Talking to the woman, could possibly mean she hasn't worked hard in life, or saying "Hold out your hands" so I can pay you.
"Lie to your man, Stay wise to the plan" Referring to a pimp, then telling the woman to do her job and find another man who is actually interested in her.
"I want you in the wrong way", "There's your dealer on the corner", "Cuz what you got is what you need", "So you need me for the wrong things"... Just read the lyrics, haha. Only my interpretation, I could be way off.
The first line is “I want you in the wrong way”. I was at a concert last night where he explained what the song was about. He had a romance with a Portuguese girl when he was living in Maine. She had a dealer who was in love with her and she was in love with a rich guy in Colorado (that’s the mountains and granola reference).