Paper Bag

I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star

To pray on or wish on, or something like that

I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy

Whose reality, I knew, was a hopeless to be had

But then the dove of hope began its downward slope

And I believed for a moment that my chances were

Approaching to be grabbed, but as it came down near, so did a weary tear

I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag

Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh, it kills

'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold

Hunger hurts, but starving works when it costs too much to love

And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb

Looking for a little hope

Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine

A fail to kiss is a fail to cope

I said, "Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified

Come on, put a little love here in my void"

He said, "It's all in your head"

And I said, "So's everything," but he didn't get it

I thought he was a man, but he was just a little boy

Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh, it kills 'cause

I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold

Hunger hurts, but starving works when it costs

Too much to love, hunger hurts, but I want him so bad, oh, it kills

'Cause I know I'm a mess that he don't wanna clean up

I got to fold because these hands are just too shaky to hold

Hunger hurts, but starving works me when it costs

Too much to love, hunger hurts, but I want him so bad, oh, it kills

Because I know that I'm a mess that he don't wanna clean up

I got to fold because these hands are just too shaky to hold

Hunger hurts, but starving

It works when it costs too much to love, mmm-mmm