i feigned a jaded stare, assumed an icy glare i was and wasn't there until i saw her. i found it hard to speak 'cuz i was shrinking to her heat. every time i'd see her i would lose a bit more cool. she's got me feeling like the ice caps melting in the hot sun nothing no one can do to stop the damage done. i feel like a glacier melting into ocean (breaking into pieces). pretending to be cold was getting really old. it was my last defense until i saw her. friends said to talk to her, she made me so unsure. words froze on smiling lips wanting to taste hers. she's got me feeling like the ice caps melting in the hot sun nothing no one can do to stop the damage done. i feel like a glacier melting into ocean (breaking into pieces). i should collect myself. i should compose myself. so don't hide yourself away. cool as a cucumber and sharp as ice, i'm waiting for her now; tonight's the night. then she walks into view, i gulp a lump or two. but i won't run i'm gonna say what's on my mind. you've got me feeling like the ice caps melting in the hot sun. nothing no one can do to stop the damage done. i feel like a glacier melting into ocean (breaking into pieces). see what she's done?

you and him, an old flame and a friend it's still hard to get over you. years on end, biding all the time that i'm allowed to get over you. i've side stepped and taken short cuts taken all precaution to free you from my mind but peace i cannot find. you and him, and old flame and a friend it's impossible to get over you. it's impossible to eat it's impossible to sleep it's impossible to concentrate on anything. you and i, until the day i die will never know what could have been he and i always got on fine but recently, i'm thinking again. i've side stepped and taken short cuts taken all precaution to free you from my mind but peace i cannot find. it's a hard pill to choke down and there's nothing left to drink around to see you both is to see the ghost of me. it's impossible to eat it's impossible to sleep it's impossible to concentrate on anything. it's impossible to speak it's impossible to keep, it's impossible to see that it is nothing. was nothing.

daddy's little businessman always prim and pure and true only drinks on saturdays and then it's just a few working for the weekend playing by the rules paying for the bacon by selling off the family jewels. daddy's little businessman works hard as he can churning out more product to sell across the land always the professional staying true to tack be sure that you work his way or he won't call you back. lala lala la la... daddy's little fellow must be dressed presentably associates encouraged follow suit accordingly there's nothing wrong with discipline but when the day is done just bashing out some rock n roll is always much more fun. oh, daddy's little businessman...

take this pile of books and throw them on the fire i've taken all i can from these. bring me all my clothes and we'll feed them to the flame they aren't of any use to me. i'm feeling alien, i'm gonna tear out of this skin. i don't want to keep what anyone can take i would sooner see it burn. so take my pride, my senses and pack the tinder 'round we're gonna burn me to the ground. i'm feeling alien, i'm gonna tear out of this skin. i've got to find an end so i've got somewhere to begin. cause who i was and what i am are never good enough now i'm here wondering if i'm losing touch with who, with what and where i am. so burn it down and start again. take this pile of books and throw them on the fire i've taken all i can from these. bring me all my clothes and we'll feed them to the flame they aren't of any use to me. cause who i was and what i am are never good enough now i'm here wondering if i'm losing touch with who, with what and where i am. so burn it down and start again.

you can take the credit for turning me around i used to live a little til you peeled me off the ground i also used to hang with friends until you made me stop i used to be a gourmet meal but now i'm prison slop. by now you've made me quit almost everything i've done cuz if it don't involve you it can't possibly be fun. i gave up on some bad stuff but i've given up some good well i'm not givin' anymore a gave you all i could. but it doesn't make a difference what you say you're gonna do until i see some actions i can't quit leaving you. you made me get a haircut you threw out all my old clothes i gave up on my hobbies, friends quit answering their phones i killed myself 4 years ago, the day we said "i do" 4 years on i don't remember what i saw in you. but it doesn't make a difference what you say you're gonna do until i see some actions then i can't quit leaving you. you say you're gonna change things you say it all the time the only thing you've changed is me but i won't change my mind, no you won't change my mind. by the time you hear this i'll be drunk and high as fuck. i quit my job and took the dog, we're living in my truck. i took six grand from our account but you can keep the rest. take my advice get therapy, divorce is for the best. but it doesn't make a difference what you say you're gonna do until i see some actions then i can't quit leaving you. you say you're gonna change things you say it all the time the only thing you've changed is me but i won't change my mind, no you won't change my mind.

i've been watching and waiting for you all damn night and something is saying you're looking for another fight. if that's all you want i'd be happy to take it inside, that's fine. so let's shed the gloves and dig in, it'll be a good time. 'cause i know you spread it all over the world i know you do it 'cause you don't really care. i know you spread it all over the world i know you do it like a cross on the bed...it's true. you've been hitting your usual haunts all over again and you've been looking for me to take you in. but i'm hanging up if you call to say,"hey, you wanna get high?" or maybe i won't answer at all because i've made up my mind. i know you spread it all over the world i know you do it 'cause you don't really care. i know you spread it all over the world i know you do it like a cross on the bed. if you want come on take it from the palm of my hand you can fake it but it doesn't make it right in the end. 'cause...i do. i've been watching and waiting for you all damn night... i know you spread it all over the world i know you do it 'cause you don't really care. i know you spread it all over the world i know you do it like a cross on the bed. i know you spread it...cross on the bed.

you walk along the street and you feel the heat radiating from the bricks of the building at your side. the fat and setting sun silhouette's someone you think you know the face but you don't know a soul in this town. you don't know a soul, 'cuz you don't own one. the mood is high tonight and you feel alright amongst the ones you call your friends you're just a means to an end. don't let them get too close or they'll exploit you most. you say that that's "ok" but it runs your soul into the ground. takes one to know one i know; takes one to know one i know.

hey, babe, whuddaya say we blow this scene? maybe we belong where the kids aren't quite so clean. we'll drink and dance all night where folks aren't all up tight. everything will be alright. just stick with me. i know just the place where we should go; the music's good and the drinks are cheap and it's $3 at the door. when dawn turns night blue/gray... we'll make our gettaway... to sleep and screw all day, just stick with me. stick with me if you're sick of feeling blue stick with me if you're feeling lonely, too. i know know just the trick so stick with me tonight; everything will be alright just stick with me. said lady, say we'll do this all again. i won't stop thinking of you til then it's noon and we're in bed and the whole day lies ahead but we might as well be dead so stick with me. stick with me if you're sick of feeling blue stick with me if you're feeling lonely, too. i know know just the trick so stick with me tonight; everything will be alright everything will be alright everything will be alright so stick with me.

i found a magic guitar for a while it made me a star it wrote my hits for me took me all around this country. but i signed my soul away and the magic stopped that day. i had a magic guitar and for a while i was a star. a hundred and seventy bucks would guarantee me the luck least all of the luck i would need in order to succeed. or so the old indian said as he spat and nodded his head. he sold me the magic guitar that would take me so far i was taken for a ride taken so high then so low. i was taken in then spit back out again. he gave me a warning, too; "please be mindful of how this is used not to find some glory or fame, but the savage breast to tame." i told him, "whatever you say." to the top of the charts i made my way. i lost it all when i lost sight of what was wrong and what was right. i went back to that old man he laughed and said, "i don't understand there's no such thing as a magic guitar that could make or break a star." then he called me a stupid kid to believe all the crap that i did. he revealed that it had been all me not some pawnshop guitar i bought for one seventy. i was taken for a ride taken so high then so low. i was taken in then spit back out again. i signed my soul away and the magic stopped that day. i had a magic guitar and for a while i was a star.