Every time I get you to myself

You're goin' on about somebody else

Please don't keep comparin' me to him

'Cause that's some tough competition

Oh yeah, that's tight, he changed your life, showed you the light

He opened your eyes and every night, I roll over and sigh

Oh well, that's nice

Too bad he's not here tonight

Dostoevsky oh, Dostoevsky

My heart's on fire, she just wanna talk about Dostoevsky

I even changed the bedsheets, I'd love you if you'd let me

But all damn night, she just wanna talk about Dostoevsky

All these Russian writers I don't even know

Oh, Dostoevsky tell me, why won't she let you go?

Every time I look into your eyes

I see a cold Siberian sky

I'm workin' really hard to get to know ya

Yeah, he's alright but how's he gonna hold ya?

That's right, he changed your life, showed you the light

He opened your eyes and every night, I roll over and sigh

Oh well, that's nice

Too bad he's not alive

Dostoevsky, oh, Dostoevsky

My heart's on fire, she just wanna talk about Dostoevsky

I even changed the bedsheets, I'd love you if you'd let me

But all damn night, she just wanna talk about Dostoevsky

All these Russian writers I don't even know

Oh, Dostoevsky tell me, why won't she let you go?

These literary giants

She puts me right beside 'em

And I'm tryin' to decide if they're laughin

Or they're cryin'

Dostoevsky, oh, Dostoevsky

My heart's on fire, she just wanna talk about Dostoevsky

I even changed the bedsheets, I'd love you if you'd let me

But all damn night, she just wanna talk about Dostoevsky

All these Russian writers I don't even know

Oh, Dostoevsky tell me, why won't she let you go?