This is a twist on the notion that there’s no point in fixing the roof if it isn’t raining, and if it is raining you can’t fix it or you’ll get drenched. I knew I wasn’t handling relationships all that well, and I suspected that I needed to be alone to figure things out, since the problem was almost certainly with me. But before I’d made any real progress, I’d meet someone new and that would be that.
Lyrics
Distractions
I can’t imagine what they’ve done to the booze
Goes straight to my shoes
Don’t do nothing for my blues
It’s times like these I feel so confused
By the things that I choose to lose or abuse
I’m trying to think what steps did I take
What moves did I make
To make such a dumb mistake
Another woman went for the fake
Or got left in the wake for argument’s sake
I’ve got a problem here is what I think
That should be solved by one more drink
But then I hear a giggle and I see a wink
And don’t you know I’m back again tottering on the brink
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I never know when I’ve had enough
I never know enough to call my own bluff
And just when I’m feeling like healing myself
I go and fall in love
You know it still remains a mystery to me
What was it that she
Was thinking that I would be
I wonder why she never could see
I’d need to be free eventually
Free to sit at home and get stoned
Unchaperoned
Listening for the phone
Free to be completely alone
Until I’ve been shown
The choice is my own
You know I think I’ve heard this tune before
I know the score, and that’s for sure
I’d love to chat with you and tell you more
But I just heard a lovely voice calling at my door
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I never know enough to stop the game
I never know how to accept the blame
I’m stuck in time and I am lost in space
Just searching for a pretty face
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