I go out to check on you, you're out by the garage
letting all the concrete give you a back massage
When you came in shivering, I worried for your health
I offered you a blanket, then I worried for myself
I'll tell you what I found there
but it's difficult to tell
I'll say it explicitly, it's fact I volunteer
I'm 22 years old and I've stayed sober all these years
It's a complicated subject, don't think me a stuffed shirt
I dance and feel elaborate, and I won't try to convert
It's the loneliness that sets in
It's the loneliness that hurts
And I love you 'til you've had too many drinks
And then I like you 'til your attitude stinks
And I don't mind you 'til you cry of how your bad night worsened
And I mind it when I'm dragging you home
And I don't like you when you scowl and moan
And I don't love you, you've challenged me as a person
Yeah, right now, I don't love you, you've challenged me as a person
It drills into the core of me with an unrelenting drill
How I can't give her comfort, but something stronger will
I recently got passed up for psychedelic drugs
I should've told her "That's so stupid," but I offered her a shrug
Put a leash around my outreach
Give it a tug
And I just found out some friends do coke, I really never knew
It's not like I get invited to the cocaine-doing room
And it's messed up I feel left out, I know I can't be saved
when I think of me as cowardly and I think of them as brave
Short-term solutions for confusion
and thankful early graves
And I still having living vices that I can afford to lose
My general advice is to tend to every bruise
I still do things i can't stand, I yell instead of sing
I love people I don't like, then replace people with things
My conscience says, "You're already bad, just jump!"
It's really tempting
And I love you 'til you've had too many drinks
And then I like you 'til your attitude stinks
And I don't mind you 'til you cry of how your bad night worsened
And I mind it when I'm dragging you home
And I don't like you when you scowl and moan
And I don't love you, you've challenged me as a person
Right now, I don't love you, you've challenged me as a person
I sing for The Island of Misfit Toys, I sing for myself, and I definitely sing for you. This is a place to gradually release everything that isn't TIOMT.
For TIOMT music: tiomt.bandcamp.com
This is The Island of Misfit Toys's most recent album, available via Broken World Media. Chances are, if you like what you download here, you'll love this. Anthony Jay Sanders
I'll never not recommend this. My friends recorded 151 songs about 151 Pokemon. Some are amazing, some are passable, some are bad. All are great. Anthony Jay Sanders
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