Giving Myself Away

Do, do what I have to

Do, do what I have to

Do, do what I have to

Do, do what I have

Remember Emily?

("That's a long time. That's a long time.")

In a long dress one summer day she said, "Yes"

Now every special request requires another "Uh-uh, uh"

So many times it feels endless

A big "Yes" branded red on each breast

But she's selfless

Out there doing her best

Strangest thing, nobody seemed to be impressed

The more she do for this fool

The more she behind schedule

Had no fun for so long

Old records turn her onto High School flings

When she was full of daring

Colourful hair

Used to wear thirteen rings

Now she staring drudgery full in the face

And accepts it as her place

And just in case there's anything she missed

She recheck the list

Does it over again to make sure it's spotlessJimmy longed for how it used to be

She was viscous and volatile, she was feisty

Iced tea was the tipple, never asked nicely

Her lips used to curl down ever so slightly

Impolite, fire burned bright behind the Oakleys

He just had to get to grips

After a few long sips juice begin to lose flavour

She no longer gets to savour being consumed

Jimmy sleep drunk in the other room, still in his shoes

Escapin' headlong into the booze

A whole house vibratin' with the changes of moods

From feisty she turned into "Be nice to me"

In the old days he'd o' been wearing iced tea

Jimmy prayed those times returned

She was fine and so beautifully unconcerned

Jimmy told her, on the day he quit

"You don't love me, you love the relationship"

Me?

I'm the progeny

Product of misogyny

Jimmy and Emily's homogeny

They promised me nothing but honesty, huh

And that's all I got

I could never be the cement in their destiny

They still haven't forgiven me

Y'know my own woman's leavin' me

Said she stopped believing me

Can't even see what she saw in me

I told my woman she was beautiful

She didn't believe

Convinced herself I was preparing to leave

So, she took my son and left the world to freezeI told my woman she was beautiful ten times a day

Ten times a day she'd smile, and look away

I end up throwing my love down a bottomless pit

And giving myself away