Please, Please Be Smart (Cover)

Staring up at the shower head

Running up my water payment

Button up today's shirt

Regard the mess of a week's worth of hair

It's compounding interest on a debt I could easily square

Still I'm working in service to my old friend despair

Staying up 'til the crack of dawn

A rooster crows as I'm nodding off

It's an old holdover

From when the nights were fruitful and fun

But now I'm burning the oil just to watch its tiny flame

While the gifts of the morning slowly rot and go to waste

Somewhere I guess

I lost my sense

Led myself astray

Now it's time to pay

Between the faucet and the bar cart

Between the couch and Washington Park

It's hard to know what's right

Wasting away or living a life

While I search for the answer, I might fix myself a small drink

Take a seat on the sofa, just to give myself a think

Logging in for my bank statement

My heart is rising up through my neck

Getting too close for comfort

I've gotta keep it tight for a bit

I order something for takeout to push my heart back into my chest

It seems I've forgotten something, but I just can't quite place it

Somewhere I guess

I lost my sense

Led myself astray

Now it's time to pay

I don't wanna pay

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