Shirt
Live 4/30/96 CD,
Dear You 2xLP/CD (2004 Blackball reissue)
Dear You 2xLP/CD (2004 Blackball reissue) version:
I want you close to me.
You're like a simile,
I wanna be your shirt
You're like a tooth-picked teeth,
I wanna be your shirt
I wanna be your girl
I want you close to me.
You're like a simile,
I wanna be your shirt.
Our new life.
A book to write.
I wanna be your shirt.
You're at my house, you're in my clothes,
no one knows.
You're in my head, like a dumb song.
It just goes.
You're on my lips and on my face
and it shows.
I should be happy and I am.
like, totally.
You're like a deep sleep to
an insomniac.
You're like the ocean floor,
vast and cool.
You're like a swimming pool,
hypnotic blue. And I fell in.
So take my hand and swim around.
Kiss me hard until I drown.
so I can hug you while you work.
I wanna be your wife
so you can beat me every night.
mintiful.
You're like a metaphor for
something else.
You're like a teen flick
soundtrack.
You're sharper than a Ginsu
thumbtack. You cut my can.
Say you're mine, I'll give you back.
Take these hands and they'll squeeze back.
so I can hug you while you work.
I wanna be your wife
so you can beat me every night.
so you can hold me like a girl.
I wanna be your shrink
so I'll get paid to watch you think.
Live 4/30/96 LP/CD version
You're at my house,
you're in my clothes.
No one knows.
You're in my head like a dumb song.
It just goes.
You're on my face, you're on my lips.
And it shows.
I should be happy and I am.
like, totally.
You're like a metaphor for
something else.
You're like the ocean floor,
vast and cool.
You're like a swimming pool,
hypnotic blue, and I fell in.
So take my hand, swim around.
Kiss me hard, until I drown.
I can hug you while you work.
I wanna be your wife.
You can beat me every night.
Every page is blank.
I am sick.
Sick of this.
Every page is blank.
So I can hug you while you work.
I wanna be your wife.
So I can watch you every night.