Boxes And Squares

Would have been fish Would have been meat Would have been eggs Would have been greens Would have been milk Would have been fruit Would have been vegetable Would have been soup I would have been good for you You are like a box Full of everything we're not I'm tired of putting my stuff inside Trust, my love, my hair, my shoes You are like a square Full of the words that's in the air I've got a mouth full of questions, baby You've got a box empty with my answers Maybe we can go to the store And buy your ass a clue I heard they've got some honesty on sale (maybe we can buy him two) I heard your momma sewed your buttons on 'til you were 22 And your sister washed your laundry (I think it's time I did laundry, too) Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you You are like a loop (what?) You are like a loop (what?) You are like a-, you are like a- You are like a loop You are like a loop I feel like I'm going 'round and 'round with you I feel like the O's inside my soup And don't nobody get full off of eating no soup I've got a mouth full of questions, baby You've got a box empty with my answers Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you Maybe we can go to the mall Skate, skate down the hall and cruise Or do you need permission from your momma? I think I need permission, too You are like a shoe Keeping me from doin' what I gotta' to do You're cheap and tearing at the base Ain't worth for all the time that you had to make I've got a mouth full of questions, baby You've got a box empty with my answers Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you Maybe we can go to the store Hop, hop on the month of June Or maybe we can go to a movie Matinee in a Jacuzzi I promise I'll have you home real soon Is there a curfew for your class? A harpist for your past? You're expecting me to choose Miles away from momma's place And I can't be a brothers soup (I'm Campbell's, baby!) 'Cause ain't nobody going to love you like me What you're blind boy, can't you see? I would have been your meats, your beans Would have been your greens, your peas Would have been your apple seeds Would have been greens and peas Apple vines and leaves Anything you need me to be I will be for you And baby it's true Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you You, you, eggs, you, you,you,you, you Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs You, you, eggs, you, you,you,you, you