The Way it Works

Things around here been awful strange

I woke up in the dark, fell asleep in the day

Made a speech in my sweats, got dressed

Playing video games

I really don't know what's wrong with me

Tried to pay for a smile, but today it's free

Put the card away, picked up my guitar

And decided to play

Ain't funny how it seems that I don't need

Most of what I say

Ain't it funny how the beams I walk between

Don't mean a goddamn thing

I guess that's just the way it works

That's just the way it works

That's just the way it works

When I'm around you

No, my boss isn't ringing my phone

But I threw it in the ocean an hour ago

Drove the porsche to the shore

Ask the lord, "Should I grow my hair long?"

I fell victim to the lie

That love is on the end of a suit and tie

And a balance sheet was the only thing

That could ever make it right

Ain't funny how it seems that I don't need

Most of what I say

Ain't it funny how the beams I walk between

Don't mean a goddamn thing

I guess that's just the way it works

That's just the way it works

That's just the way it works

When I'm around you

Won't you run away with me tonight?

Leave behind the traffic lights

Watch the offices turn black

Give a break to the facts

And I doubt we'll ever look back

That's just the way it works

That's just the way it works

That's just the way it works

When I'm around you