Lyrics transcribed from the booklet included with the "My Maudlin Career" CD. Parts in brackets were erronesouly left out of the booklet lyrics despite obviously being a part of the song. Parts enclosed in parentheses are in the booklet lyrics despite not actually being in the recorded version. Sans the bracketed and parenthetical parts, everything else from the booklet checks out to my ears.
A half full moon in Mexico city {sic} I think of you
[And] when I saw the Southern Cross I wished you had too
I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you
I've been spending half the year
In a plane going up and down
[And] you've been seeing other people from a nearby town
Been obsessing and getting depressed about us
Excess baggage and other stupid band stuff
I wish my heart was cold
But it's warmer than before
I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you
When you said the veins in my left hand
Were shaped like a tree
Was that the very last time you really looked at me?
I'm in training to become as cold as ice
I'm determined to protect my feelings (to) disguise
[And] when I said I didn't love you I told a lie
[Because] there is no one above you although I try
Would you laugh at the time I spent calling your name
Over and over and over and over again
I wish my heart was cold
But it's warmer than before
I wish my heart was cold
But it's warmer than before
I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you
The trouble is I got me close to hating me
[And] when I wake up in the morning it's your face I see
(Where) You once made feel less afraid
You've got me pouring myself (all) over this page
I wish my heart was cold
But it's warmer than before
I wish my heart was cold
But it's warmer than before
I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you
[I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you]
Lyrics transcribed from the booklet included with the "My Maudlin Career" CD. Parts in brackets were erronesouly left out of the booklet lyrics despite obviously being a part of the song. Parts enclosed in parentheses are in the booklet lyrics despite not actually being in the recorded version. Sans the bracketed and parenthetical parts, everything else from the booklet checks out to my ears.
A half full moon in Mexico city {sic} I think of you [And] when I saw the Southern Cross I wished you had too I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew But it's warm as saxophones And honey in the sun for you
I've been spending half the year In a plane going up and down [And] you've been seeing other people from a nearby town Been obsessing and getting depressed about us Excess baggage and other stupid band stuff
I wish my heart was cold But it's warmer than before I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew But it's warm as saxophones And honey in the sun for you
When you said the veins in my left hand Were shaped like a tree Was that the very last time you really looked at me? I'm in training to become as cold as ice I'm determined to protect my feelings (to) disguise [And] when I said I didn't love you I told a lie [Because] there is no one above you although I try Would you laugh at the time I spent calling your name Over and over and over and over again
I wish my heart was cold But it's warmer than before I wish my heart was cold But it's warmer than before I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew But it's warm as saxophones And honey in the sun for you
The trouble is I got me close to hating me [And] when I wake up in the morning it's your face I see (Where) You once made feel less afraid You've got me pouring myself (all) over this page
I wish my heart was cold But it's warmer than before I wish my heart was cold But it's warmer than before I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew But it's warm as saxophones And honey in the sun for you
[I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew But it's warm as saxophones And honey in the sun for you]