Talk It Up

Smokey walls, dusty halls No one calls And all the window plants are dying (la-la, la-la-la) She talk it up Half empty cup Half-hearted love Half of the time halfway through crying But she don't live here by herself Sleeping in the bed she's made Reading books about self-help Working late on Saturdays Unless she's got something at stake For heaven's sake Keep him awake Make no mistake he'll break down daily with no warning When you're 20 years old, do as you're told Get bought and sold It's cold this early in the morning And he's living on 10th street Getting home right around dawn Every night of every week he's proving everybody wrong Any day now it won't be long, so Listen when I say Don't you stop it now come on Give 'em all what they came here for Never been there the same before Talk it up 'til your face gets sore Don't you stop it now come on Half a mile and we'll see the shore Captain how can you be so sure? Talkin' up what I came here for I've been holding my own My rag and bone, lock up alone I don't forget to double-check it, no, no, no And I learn to rely on me and I Straighten my tie Lace my own boots zip my own jacket Because I did the best I could I got taken down again But I got fire in my blood I got sugar on my skin And I got nowhere to begin so listen I say Don't you stop it now come on Give 'em all what they came here for Never been down the same before Talk it up 'til your face gets sore Don't you stop it now come on Half a mile and we'll see the shore Captain how can you be so sure? Talkin' up what I came here for See ya get what you put in So you cannot get upset If you're just dipping your foot in Because ya don't wanna get wet And ya ain't made it big yet Don't you stop it Give 'em all what they came here for Gotta talk it up 'til your face gets sore Don't you stop it now come on Half a mile and we'll see the shore Captain how can you be so sure? Talkin' up what I'm doing it all for Don't you stop it now come on Give 'em all what they came here for Never been done the same before Talk it up 'til you're face gets sore Don't you stop it now come on Half a mile and we'll see the shore Captain how can you be so sure? Talkin' up what I came here for Don't you stop it now Never been done the same Talk it up 'til your face gets sore Don't you stop it now come on Half a mile and we'll see the shore Captain how can you be so sure? Talkin' up what I came here for