For The Girl - Old 97's

Well she said I know, but I just can’t tell

Everything that you’ve just been saying

Lucy was there as well in the dark

When the kids in the band were playing

No one can hear a word or tell

What the girl was singing

See, she must’ve been 16 or 18

I’m just past caring

She was into the Stones when

I was into the Roses

She was breaking my bones when

I was busting their noses

She would tell me a secret

I would lose it the next day

You’re not pleased that you’re easy

Makes you sick in a bad way

And all the while the girls sang

La la la la and she sang

Kickings for my sweetheart

Bruises that I just don’t miss

And she said, I can’t love you any more than this

Ah, she said, she said, no, no, no, no

Oh then again, yes, why don’t you kill me

I said when I’m messed up like this

Sweetheart you know that don’t thrill me

Said I would’ve been there for you if you’d just been a little bit nicer

I was dead by Sunday half dead, scared just trying to please her

She was getting me pills when

I was into her best friend

She was chasing the thrills

And living down at the West End

She was pretty in braces

I lived under of her window

She said, take me to London

Tell me something I don’t know

And all the while the girls sang

La la la la and she sang

Kickings for my sweetheart

Bruises that I just don’t miss

And she said, I can’t love you any more than this

She was into the Stones when

I was into the Roses

She was breaking my bones when

I was busting their noses

She would tell me a secret

I would lose it the next day

You’re not pleased that you’re easy

Makes you sick in a bad way

And all the while the girls sang

La, la, la, la, and she sang

Kickings for my sweetheart

Bruises that I just don’t miss

And she said I don’t like you, you can’t stand me

I can’t love you anymore than this