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Well I’m clean and I’m courteous and I sure do feel angry
About the sun in the sky who refuses to save me
So instead of these pictures I wish you would hang me on your wall

I’ve been here for hours, it’s a standard progression
It’s the standard procedure for my standard obsession
And this standing ovation isn’t really worth a damn

So now I am going to have to worry about what is gonna happen
For the upcoming 29, 30, or 31 days
I have a sneaking suspicion I’m in very little danger of surviving
I have a sneaking suspicion I’m never going to be safe

I’ve tried netting and shiners and my tender bare hands
But I just couldn’t catch you in the snow or the sand
Or the grass or the gravel, the space or the sky or the sea

I never knew you were cunning, I never knew you were sane
I never thought I’d lose tenure at the front of your brain
I never worry all that much which I guess is my biggest mistake

So now I am going to have to worry about what is gonna happen
Which I really haven’t done that I remember since 2008
And when I find you I’ll kill you and when I kill you I will finally know better
And when I finally know better I will realize my mistake

I don’t know I’m doing, I don’t know what I’ve done
I don’t know what I’m thinking, I don’t know what I’ve thunk
All I know is that somebody somewhere soon is going to pay

If I wasn’t so angry I would turn on the tube
And if I wasn’t so stupid I would listen to you
And if I wasn’t so lazy I’d probably get up off the couch

So now I am going to have to worry about what is gonna happen
Which I really wouldn’t do if I figured you were worrying too
I miss the days of paralyzing guilt and crippling depression
And once I give you all my fingers there will still be one too few

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from Jake McKelvie & the Countertops, released June 24, 2012

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