I Put My Headphones On

I'm in the wings when you push me on,

but I never learned the words to the songs.

And there I stand naked, they're staring at me, laughing at me.

I'm by the locker turning the dial.

The hallway is empty and stretches for miles.

Then I'm on a boat heading over the falls,

you reach for my hand but it just breaks off.

I suddenly wake up, was only a dream

back in the gilt cage that you made for me,

But when you are working or fast asleep

I put my headphones on

I put my headphones on.

I'm in the backyard, burying the bones.

Don't know why I did it, hope no one will know.

I can't seem to hide the remains of my crime. I never learned to fly.

I suddenly wake up, was only a dream

back in the gilt cage that you made for me.

There might be someone who listens to me

I put my headphones on

I put my headphones on.

Flip the record, headphones on,

Court and Spark, the Seventh Song

Joni sings: Love Is Gone, love is gone

Janis Ian's Seventeen,

that song from 10cc,

alone again naturally,

someone has it worse than me

Sam Stone, Major Tom,

Captain Jack, and Delta Dawn,

Alvin Tostig, Sweet Jane,

music, wash away my pain

I put my headphones on

I put my headphones on.

Ooo, child, things are going to get easier