Shelly (Lollapalooza)

I had just left town for a day.

Had to wipe my face clean.

There was too much coming my way.

I headed for the sea.

Now this really isn’t California with its caramel salty sea.

Not even close if you ask me.

But everywhere there’s a shot of redemption

That’s what I’m looking for here.

They say you’ll find it when you’re not looking.

That’s when she came to me.

Though this really isn’t California with its caramel salty sea

She took me for all that I am.

Something I couldn’t understand.

Shelly, this is a lollapalooza

I ain’t a holiday cruiser baby. I am a shell of a man.

As the day turned into the night

Shelly was soothing me.

She said: “If nothing ever works the way you want it to,

why don’t you stay with me?”.

Even though this really isn’t California with its caramel salty sea

She took me for all that I am.

Enough to make me her man

Shelly, this is a lollapalooza

I ain’t a holiday cruiser baby. I am a shell of a man.

Shelly, this is the face of a loser

I really ain’t a straight shooter baby

I am a shell of a man.

Though she took me for all that I was.

The wounds got too deep, it got dangerous.

I knew it could last but I left, with the break of day.

I never saw Shelly again, though I heard she got married to her best friend

It must’ve been for the best.

But you were my Shelly.

Shelly, Shelly

Shelly, this is a lollapalooza

I ain’t a holiday cruiser baby. I am a shell of a man.

Shelly, that’s my Shelly

Shelly