Am am am am am I, am I, am I wasting your time?
Lemon, lemon, lemon, tasting your lime
Shoe shine, shoe shine, shoe shine, making shoes shine
I was taking out the garbage when I saw a piece of cabbage
And he was telling me to get a real life
Imagine that, a piece of cabbage can substitute for a head of lettuce
But never give good advice

So watch me, watch me, watch me while I watch you
Thinking, thinking, thinking what should I do?
Shoe shine, shoe shine, shoe shine, making shoes new
I was cleaning out my trashcan when I swear I heard the sandman
And he was telling me to get a real life
Imagine that, I heard the sandman, who doesn't even exist
And he was offering me, offering me advice

Well, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a mountain you climb
Take me, take me, take me I'm mine
It feels, it feels like I'm wasting your time

Worlds of possibility are open to me presently
Except the world where I get along with everybody else
And books and books could be written about the time that I spent sitting
Wondering when I'm gonna stand up for myself, self, self

Am I, am am I, am I, am I wasting your time?
Lemon, lemon, lemon, tasting your lime
Shoe shine, shoe shine, shoe shine, making shoes shine
I was watching DNA genes when I saw Mr. Green Jeans
And he was telling me to get a real life
Imagine that, Mr. Green Jeans, doesn't even have his own TV show
And he was offering me, offering me advice

So confess, confess, confess to me your crime
Is it, is it, is it awful like mine?
It feels, it feels like I'm wasting your time

So, so, so, so confess, confess, confess to me your crime
Is it, is it, is it awful like mine?
It feels, it feels like I'm wasting your time

Tell me why you treat me so bad (x2)

If you only knew what you put me through
Whenever you laugh when I say "I love you"
And if you could see my heart breaking in me
When you fall in love with everybody but me
Do you know what's up when you stand me up
All day I go thirsty just to fill your cup
And I propose a toast to me and your ghost
All day I run empty while you just coast

Would your flowery eyes get wilty?
And would your proud conceit get guilty?

Tell me why you treat me so bad (x4)

And if you only knew every single clue
Of the mystery of why I'm laughed at by you
And if you could see the animosity
Of the walls around that won't let me free
Do you still believe that I wouldn't leave?
I used to be your boyfriend, now I'm just a pet peeve
I leave you all alone, I call you on the phone
You pick it up and tell my that you're not home

Would your soul control over me finish?
And would your hip-hop reputation diminish?

Tell me why you treat me so bad (x14)

Speaking of the truth, I like to hear that once in a while
And I'll even listen to all your vanity
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days

Yeah, show me all your proof, put it right in front of my eyes
And I'll even listen to all your vanity
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days

And what's in me and what's in you?  We're just bricks on the floor
Solid ground for standing when we kick down the door
And it leaves my heart room for expanding on you
It gets to me, but you don't have to wait for me
Because I'm already yours

Tell me about your life, I'd like to hear that story again
Especially the part about your vanity
Honest words are like august thirds
They just both come maybe once in a year

And keeping your opinions to a quiet little hush
It's like brushing your teeth with a razor, shaving with a toothbrush
Just leaves your heart room for exploding all over me
And then it gets to you, but you don't have to wait for me
Because I'm already yours

Yeah, tell me about your life, I'd like to hear that story once time
Especially the part about your vanity
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days (x3)

They broke up a week ago
Since then his life's been so so
When he hears her name, he starts to think about the flame, the forest fire in her eyes
And when she looks at him, the scars get ripped up open again

They decided to be friends
But they have yet to make amends
He thinks of all the laughs, the little muscles in her calves
And it comes as no surprise
When she looks at him, the stitches break up open again

The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication
The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication

She gives back the ring her bought her
Friend and lover, oil and water
But every now and then he thinks that maybe they could blend
No matter how he tries
When she looks at him, the Band-Aid breaks up open again

The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication
The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication, yeah

They broke up a week ago
Since then his life's been so so
He feels the price he paid
She knows he thinks about the blaze, the forest fire in her eyes
But every now and then he finds one of her long, brown strands of hair under his pillow
And he calls her house just to hear her say...  Hello?...  Hello?
He puts on a good disguise, but she can tell it's him
The stigmata breaks open again, yeah

The more he talks about her, the more she talks about him
They got a little problem
Communication
The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communa, communa, communa, communa...

The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
Yeah, they got a little problem
Communication
Yeah, they got a little problem
Communication
Yeah, they got a little problem
Communication

Canopies and circuses
Came to me in dreams of you
Came to me spinning through
Rejoicing at the thought of 
winning you and your love
Inspiration says to me 
kiss the way you kissed 
when you found her
Watch out for tears they 
might drown her
Then they'll sail quick 
without the weight of an anchor

But I'll fly myself when I visit Saint Joseph
On my pilgrimage to your heart, I will pray to Joan of Arc
I'm sure she can save me from loneliness

But I'll fly myself when I visit Saint Joseph
On my pilgrimage to your heart, I will pray to Joan of Arc
I'm sure she can save me from loneliness
Canopies and circuses

Ooooooooh, ooooooooh

Stay close to me, candle has got a long way to burn
If you stay close to me, I will stay close to you
If you stay close to me, you know there's a lot that we can learn
If you stay close to me, I will stay close to you

I light a candle to remind myself the way you light a path
And on your epitaph I hope I can stamp my last name
It's not to say I can stop the wind that makes the candle flicker
I'm just a basket mad of wicker, and I will hold you

If you stay close to me, I will stay close to you (x2)

I light a candle to remind myself the way you light the way
And on your wedding day, I hope I'm standing next to you
It's not to say I can guarantee my love is without flaw
I'm just a basket made of straw, and I will hold you

And if you want to hide from any inner feelings
You don't even have to let me know
You see that I know what it feels like when your soul peels away
You don't know what it's peeling for 
Until it gets to the core, to the core

And if you stay close to me, I will stay close to you
If you stay close to me, I will stay close to you (repeat)

Sometimes I wish I were invisible, I do
Stroke your soft hair, and you'd think it was the wind blowing by
Kiss your neck and you'd think it was the wing of a butterfly
I'd steal bluebonnets of the side of highway 35
But in reality, I'm as worthless as a dime in a jewelery store
For bits and pieces of you, I'm a scavenger
If your lips were money, you'd be Rockafeller
That's why when you're gone dear, I'm so poor
Baby, when you're gone dear, I am so poor

Sometimes I wish I were invisible, I do
Then you'd never see me go crazy
Go broke, go hungry over you

19 years old, she leaves her family
Says she needs to find her identity
Nothing's in the way, not even finances
Before she gets too old she wants to take her chances

20 years old, she dates a big jock
She screams at everybody cause she don't know how to talk
Color contacts can't hide her brown eyes
Tight bicycle shorts can't hide her fat thighs

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

21 years old, and she is with child
Her man skips town and the bills are getting piled
She doesn't want anything out of proportion
She doesn't tell a soul about her abortion

Now she can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

22 years old, her man gets a porsche
And when she wasn't looking her parents got divorced
Her mom wasn't bad, her father wasn't either
They had their loving moments, I guess you had to be there

Now what's to become of my sister?
What's to become of my sister? (x3)

23 years old, she drops out of school
Her heart is like a big car, runs out of fuel
Now she wants a kid, and so she gets married
Her wedding's like a funeral, everything is buried

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

24 years old, she settles out of court
Her ex doesn't pay any child support
She smokes a lot, drinks a lot, tries to kill the pain
Of watching her marriage go down the drain

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

25 years old, she calls me up again
We talk about our childhood way back when
Our mom wasn't so bad, our father wasn't either
They had their loving moments, I guess you had to be there

Now what's to become of my sister?
What's to become of my sister? (x3)

She was a feminist, now she's a man hater
The bite of bad love has teeth like an alligator

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

She's got lovely, luscious hair
Eyes that like to stare
Smiles everywhere
Her name is Tara
She's got a lovely British face
I'm a basket case
I can't keep up with her pace
Her sister is my girlfriend

She develops her own photographs
Football bruises on her calves
When I talk about her, everybody laughs
Her sister is my girlfriend

And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I won't forget the things I can't do and the things I can
And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I'd fall in love with you except for the fact, for the fact that I love your sister more
Tara, Tara, Tara

No makeup on her skin
Artificial is a sin
She makes my head spin
In a swivel
Her dad collects antiques
Her mom watches Twin Peaks
With an English accent she speaks
Her sister is my girlfriend

She develops her own photographs
Football bruises on her calves
When I talk about her, everybody laughs
Her sister is my girlfriend

And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I won't forget the things I can't do and the things I can
And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I'd fall in love with you except for the fact, for the fact that I love your sister more
Tara, Tara, Tara, oh

Her name is Tara, oh no
Her sister is my girlfriend, Tara, yeah, yeah

She forgets my first name, she forgets my last name
When I look at her and she looks at me, we forget the world's pain
She forgets to call me, she forgets to write me
When I look at her and she looks at me, we forget to be angry

She forgets my anniversary, she forgets my nationality
She forgets that I fall in love with her flower child mentality
Now I just can't resist her innocence when she forgets my first name

Olvida me nombre
????Spanish verse??????

She forgets my anniversary, she forgets my nationality
And, she forgets that I fall in love with her flower-child mentality
I just can't resist her innocence when she forgets my first name

She forgets my anniversary, she forgets my nationality
And, she forgets to fall in love with her flower-child mentality
I just can't resist her innocence when she forgets my first name

Conscientiously I am lost
The things you said went over my head
Hopefully, the confusion in my soul won't gravitate up to my head
But, I doubt it'll make much sense before we run out of time
So, let's just dance before we run out of wine

Your great-grandparents died long ago
And, you never met them
What does that have to do with us?
It rained for the first time in a long time yesterday
And, now its getting hotter today

Carelessly, drunkedly from the trees the warm rain drips
Carelessly, drunkedly like 'I love you's' from your lips

In New Orleans it's much more humid than I can stand
But, I like Dixieland and the Neville Brothers
But, I bet you're saying this story has nothing to do with you
So, let's just talk before we run out of time
Let's go for a swim before we run out of sunshine
Let's dance before we run out of wine

Don't worry, I'll get someone to drive you home