I Write the Book



    I'm over here and it's cold
    I'm writing recipes for growing old
    Growing old, mean and alone
    Oh, baby, pick up the phone

    This pain in my heart
    Has been with me through the ages
    And I walk around it like a very old friend
    It goes everywhere I go
    It's been everywhere I've been
    There's something shiny in my pocket
    It's the key to my heart
    Why don't you unlock it?
    It used to be good between us
    I don't know how to explain
    We used to be Adonis and Venus
    Now we're the water flowing down the drain

    I write the book on loneliness
    I write the poem on pain
    I'm the obituary in the newspaper
    Lying out in the pouring rain
    It used to be good between us
    I don't know how to explain
    We used to be Adonis and Venus
    Now we're the water flowing down the drain

    Don't wanna be bad
    Don't wanna lie
    Don't wanna make you mad
    and I don't wanna die
    Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives
    Cutting through me like a knife
    I been eating your crops like a big old locust
    From now on I'm gonna be a little more in focus

    I write the book on loneliness
    I write the poem on pain
    I'm the obituary in the newspaper
    Lying out in the pouring rain
    It used to be good between us
    I don't know how to explain
    We used to be Adonis and Venus
    Now we're the water flowing down the drain

    © 1992 FireFlower Music
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