she looks like an actress trying to work her way down
i have to bite my tongue off from time to time
i think of critic's whispers, how they(,) like her(,) got around
i want to say so many things that are out of line
and i want to say i love her but i know it isn't true
and i want to say i hate her but that's a flat out lie
and i want to say i'm over her, or that she's as strung out too
and i want to say it's impossible, but i'm still getting by
she tore her eyes away from mine, buried her gaze in a glass
this sailor's service leaves me tossed about
i asked if she was above average, she only said "I'll pass"
my failure serves an ace to my self-doubt
my tailor told me to get dressed and stand
he pulled his lower lip into a pout
she looked up from the table, cards in hand
it seems that my long suit has now gone out
he said "take hold of yourself by the seat of the pants
cause they're coming unraveled, and there's nothing left to hem"
she said "i thought you didn't know how to dance"
i said i'll handle these bridges when i come to them
and i want to say i hate her but i know it isn't true
and i want to say i love her but that's a flat out lie
and i want to say it's impossible, or that she's as strung out too
and i want to say i'm over her, but i'm barely getting by
we were both so vulnerable, but we knew our parts
she's so good at turning tricks, i thought we had it made
i was trying to make game, but she had a void in hearts
i dug myself in when i didn't call the shovel a spade
so now she looks like she's trying to lie down to the top
and i thought for a moment i was standing in her way
but when i open my mouth, she fingers my tangled old mop,
and says not to worry, she's never going to stay
i want to say she hates me but i know it isn't true
i want to say she loves me but that's a flat out lie
i want to say i've moved on, but there's nothing for me to do
i want to say she's better off, but she's only getting by
i want to say she's struggling, when i know she's getting by
i'd love to say she's stopping in, but- i know she's getting by.